Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) sharply criticized the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (NDAA) due to the inclusion of an unprecedented $1.15 trillion in discretionary defense spending, partisan riders, and continuation of expensive overseas wars that balloon costs for hardworking Rhode Islanders.

Washington, DC –  TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on the House passage of a partisan Continuing Resolution:

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional United Kingdom Caucus, Representatives Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jim Himes (D-CT), Joe Wilson (R-SC), and David Rouzer (R-NC), issued the following statement regarding Labour Leader Andy Burnham’s appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:

Washington, D.C. – YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Member of the House Committee on the Budget, called out Republicans' latest budget boondoggle, which would add $95 billion to the deficit while making it harder to vote and doing nothing to lower costs for Rhode Islanders.  

WASHINGTON, DC –  TODAY, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Congressmen Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Seth Magaziner (D-RI) in sending a letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to delay and reconsider implementing the agency’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) on “community engagement” requirements under Trump and Republicans’ Big, Ugly Law. The lawmakers warned the rule’s narrow interpretation of the medical frailty exemption could subject approximately 90,000 Rhode Islanders to new requirements, with an estimated 24,000 at risk of losing coverage.

Washington, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) offered a motion to recommit Republicans’ National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2027, warning that the bill would undermine American leadership abroad and make Americans more vulnerable to global health threats.

Washington, DC – TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) released the following statement after voting in favor of Representative Thomas Massie’s amendment to H.R. 8595: The National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2027.

Providence, RI –  TODAY, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Congressmen Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Seth Magaziner (D-RI) in sending a letter urging the Agricultural Marketing Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, to replace the 16 canceled bonus commodity shipments of food designated for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The shipments would have provided roughly 673,080 pounds of food, valued at $398,532.26, to feed Rhode Islanders in need.