Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Gabe Amo (RI-01), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Mike Quigley (IL-05) led a letter signed by 20 colleagues to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressing alarm at the decision to authorize agencies to bypass the public notice and comment period on “matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits or contracts.”

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to restore and release $31.2 million in promised federal public health funding for Rhode Island that was terminated earlier this week by the Trump Administration, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding that the bipartisan approved funding be delivered to the state as intended by the law.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Environment Gabe Amo (RI-01) delivered remarks in the first Subcommittee on Environment hearing of the year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), alongside Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40), reintroduced a bipartisan resolution that promotes distributed ledger technologies (DLT) such as blockchain to support democratic governance, human rights, freedom of information, transparency, and innovation around the world. The resolution urges agencies across the federal government to explore and support the development and application of DLT and expresses Congress’s commitment to advancing responsible innovation.  

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) co-led a letter urging the Trump administration to lift a pause on drawdowns for federal grant funding through the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), including the Nonprofit Security Grant Program

PROVIDENCE, RI — Slightly more than 144,000 Rhode Islanders — including low-income seniors, children, Veterans, and people with disabilities — could be at risk of going hungry if Congressional Republicans move forward with a plan to cut $230 billion or more from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over nearly 10 years. The plan’s proponents intend to use the money saved from SNAP to help pay for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest business owners and households.

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Environment Gabe Amo (RI-01), alongside leaders on the House Committee on Science Space and Technology, introduced legislation that would halt reductions in force (RIF) at federal science agencies under the committee’s jurisdiction.