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NEWPORT, RI – Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island that will serve as the future home of the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) announcement that it will commit $200 million in federal funds to maximize the procurement of domestic Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), one of the most effective nutrition treatments for malnutrition.

PROVIDENCE, RI –  Today, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation announced that the Ocean State is getting $1,482,715 in federal funding from AmeriCorps to support key community projects in Providence and Woonsocket.

PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, Congressman Amo (RI-01) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $28,650,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Rhode Island identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water.

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to make clean energy upgrades accessible to more Rhode Islanders, Congressman Gabe Amo, alongside Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced that the state will receive $49.3 million in federal funding through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Solar for All Program.