Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) announced that his guest for President Trump’s joint address to Congress tomorrow will be Joan M. Woods, Chief Executive Officer of John Clarke Senior Living in Middletown, Rhode Island. Joan also serves on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Health Care Association — a non-profit trade association that represents over 8 in 10 nursing homes in the state — and is a long-time champion for protecting Medicaid and Medicare for seniors in Rhode Island.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, released the following statements as employee firings began at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), a member of the House Budget Committee, slammed the Republican budget resolution that threatens devastating cuts to critical programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (RI-01) participated in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific hearing where he highlighted the Biden Administration’s work to build up critical alliances like the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) security pact to counter Chinese influence. In addition, Congressman Amo warned against the damage done by the Trump Administration’s decision to illegally freeze foreign aid and weaken our nation’s standing abroad.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo in sending a letter to Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) expressing alarm at the illegal decision by President Trump to reduce the reimbursement rate for indirect research costs to 15 percent across the board. This decision would have a devastating effect on Rhode Island research institutions that rely on NIH funding to carry out their lifesaving work.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) a member of the House Committee on Budget, blasted the Republican-controlled House Committee on Rules for refusing to accept his amendments to the Republican budget resolution, preventing them from being considered by the full House of Representatives. Congressman Amo’s amendments would have prevented cuts to programs that feed America’s school children and supported a program that delivers health care to more than 72 million low-income Americans.
