Press Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – Housing experts estimate that nationwide, the U.S. is short somewhere between 3.8 million and 6.8 million homes.  Now, a new federal grant is being awarded to help Rhode Island overcome its deficit of dwellings and improve the Ocean State’s home building outlook.

Providence, R.I. – Today, in observance of Juneteenth, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) participated in a roundtable discussion with local Black small business owners and entrepreneurs on the sidelines of the first-ever Taste of Juneteenth at Farm Fresh Rhode Island.

East Providence, R.I. – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) welcomed Committee on Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (CT-01) to East Providence Senior Center to discuss support for the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R.4583), a landmark piece of legislation that would protect and expand essential earned Social Security benefits for millions of Americans across the country.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) delivered remarks on the House Floor in support of his amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Representatives Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), Maria Salazar (FL-27) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced a bipartisan resolution affirming continued U.S. support for the purchase of life-saving vaccines for lower-income countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as a cost-effective means to end preventable child and maternal deaths around the world.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (D- RI) and Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (R- NJ) joined U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a bipartisan and bicameral letter to help scale up private sector investment in Ukraine through partnerships with American businesses, American investment funds, and other development finance institute.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke about the recent groundbreaking for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Operations Center-Atlantic at Naval Station Newport, a critical initiative to solidify Rhode Island’s leadership in the blue economy, at a House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment budget hearing titled “An Overview of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2025” featuring the NOAA Administrator, Dr. Rick Spinrad.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, today announced that Rhode Island is projected to receive $40.7 million in federal funding over the next two years to improve access to behavioral and mental health services.