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Congressman Amo Speaking with Business Owners
August 28, 2025

Newport, RI – YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) hosted business leaders from Rhode Island Blue Economy manufacturers and Rhode Island Commerce to discuss what he’s doing in Congress to counter Trump’s anti-business policies, including arbitrary tariffs and cuts to foundational science research. 

August 28, 2025
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today issued the following joint statement calling on Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to visit with trades workers put out of work by the Trump administration’s stop-work order freezing construction on Revolution Wind:
August 21, 2025

Washington, DC – TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Chairman Emeritus Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced the AUKUS Improvement Act, legislation that would exempt entities already vetted by the State Department as AUKUS Authorized Users from the Third Party Transfer requirement for Foreign Military Sales.

August 19, 2025
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today issued the following joint statement following the ratification of a labor agreement struck between Butler Hospital and SEIU 1199NE, ending a months-long strike:
August 14, 2025

Barrington, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited the Peck Adult Enrichment Center in Barrington on the 90th Anniversary of Social Security to share his work in Congress to protect the program from President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ threats of privatization and insolvency. Rhode Island seniors shared why Social Security was important to them and how it helped them make ends meet in retirement. 

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Congressman Amo serves meals to seniors
August 11, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI – FRIDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited Fox Point Manor in Providence with Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island to deliver food to seniors.
August 10, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) released the following statement on Netanyahu’s planned occupation of Gaza City.
August 9, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) released the following statement on Trump’s “Deal Between Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
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Congressman Amo at RI Veterans Home
August 8, 2025
BRISTOL, RI – YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) visited the Rhode Island Veterans Home, which provides quality social, medical, rehabilitative, and residential care to Rhode Island war Veterans. President Donald Trump’s staff cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) along with cuts to Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Affordable Care Act in the Big, Ugly Law will impact Rhode Island Veterans and their families.
August 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – TODAY, House Science, Space, and Technology Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC) led 88 of their colleagues in demanding answers as to why President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, shut down the Office of Research and Development, which conducts scientific research the EPA uses to keep our air, water, and soil safe.