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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (L), participates in the ceremonial swearing in of Rep. Gabe Amo of Rhode Island (RI).
November 24, 2023
Rhode Island is the nation’s smallest state and its Black population is among the smallest of any state at 6.3 percent. But voters saw fit to make Rep. Gabe Amo their first Black person to be elected to Congress.
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 Congressman Gabe Amo joined Small Business Administration District Director Mark Hayward, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley on a tour of Wayland Square shops on Nov. 21 , 2023, to promote the upcoming Small Business Saturday. (Courtesy of Rep. Gabe Amo’s X account)
November 22, 2023
Congressman Gabe Amo’s Thanksgiving Day plans can be summed up in one word. “Rest,” he said, without hesitation in an interview Tuesday.
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What's Up Newp: Congressman Amo
November 21, 2023
Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) co-signed a letter urging the leaders of both the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide robust funding to implement the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism for Fiscal Year 2024.
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November 21, 2023
PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) co-signed a letter urging the leaders of both the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide robust funding to implement the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism for Fiscal Year 2024. 
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US Representative Gabe Amo (D-RI) (C), the first Black representative from Rhode Island, is sworn in as the 60th member of the Congressional Black Caucus in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023. Amo is replacing former US Representative David Cicilline, who resigned from Congress to become president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
November 17, 2023
U.S. Representative Gabe Amo, D-R.I., says taking office this week has been “a bit surreal.” He told theGrio, “I’m honored.”
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Congressman Gabe Amo
November 16, 2023
Gabe Amo was elected last week as Rhode Island’s first Black representative in Congress. He joins “GMA3” to talk about his historic win.
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Congressman Gabe Amo delivering inaugural floor speech.
November 16, 2023
PAWTUCKET, RI – Following his swearing-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) addressed his colleagues, highlighting his inspiration for service to the people of the First Congressional District. Today, Congressman Amo is proud to announce that Dylan Sodaro will serve as Chief of Staff and Kate Michaud as District Director.
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Congressman Amo on WPRI with Ted Nesi.
November 15, 2023
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island Congressman Gabe Amo took his first major vote on Tuesday night, joining a bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers who backed a short-term funding measure to keep the federal government operating past a looming shutdown deadline. 
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, a Louisiana Republican, participates in a ceremonial swearing-in for new US Representative Gabe Amo., a Rhode Island Democrat, right, at the US Capitol on Monday. Amo is filling the seat formerly held by Representative David N. Cicilline in Rhode Island's First Congressional District. He is joined by his parents, Weady Socree and Gabriel Amo.DREW ANGERER/GETTY
November 14, 2023
US Representative Gabe Amo is officially official. The newly elected congressman from Rhode Island’s First District was sworn into the US House of Representatives last night, becoming the first person of color to serve in the state’s congressional delegation.
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Democrat Gabe Amo gives both thumbs up to the room full of election night supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at The Guild in Pawtucket, R.I., after winning Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat. The former White House aide will become the state’s first Black candidate elected to the U.S. House. (Kris Craig/Providence Journal via AP)
November 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Democratic Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress, was sworn into office Monday.

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