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January 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that ten Rhode Island-based organizations and projects have been awarded a total of $275,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help strengthen and expand the state’s arts and cultural ecosystem.
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January 22, 2024
PAWTUCKET, RI – This afternoon, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) released the following statement on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court deciding Roe v. Wade:
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January 17, 2024
Early Monday, hundreds of Rhode Islanders navigated a frozen Rhodes on the Pawtuxet parking lot for a breakfast honoring the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., as well as eleven Rhode Island students earning scholarships in his name.
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January 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke at a House Foreign Affairs Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
January 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, heavy rain and snowmelt has caused significant flooding across Rhode Island. Some residents were forced to evacuate by boats or with the assistance of firefighters and have been displaced into emergency evacuation facilities.
January 9, 2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $444,282 in federal funding for the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Rhode Island’s only Native-led museum.
January 5, 2024
TIVERTON, RI – In an effort to enhance public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced a new federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Facilities Grant Program which will enable the town of Tiverton to acquire four new police vehicles.
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December 24, 2023
December 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – As Rhode Island assesses flood damage and begins to recover from a severe storm system that moved through the state earlier this week, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo are urging President Biden to promptly approve any request for federal assistance made by the State of Rhode Island to support emergency operations and accelerate recovery from significant local flooding.