Press Releases
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February 21, 2025
BRISTOL, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) visited Jaia Robotics, an innovative East Bay start-up that is developing new underwater drone technology. As a member of the House Committee on Science Space and Technology, and the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Environment, Congressman Amo has been a steadfast supporter of investments in research, technology, and manufacturing that increase jobs and grow the Blue Economy in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District.
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February 20, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) joined Dean Ashish Jha of Brown University’s School of Public Health for the February installment of “Dean’s Conversation Series.” Taking place during Black History Month, Congressman Amo spoke about his efforts to close racial equity gaps in health care, such as supporting funding for health care facilities that provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved communities, as well as his work to protect critical funding for medical research and public health programs under threat due to cuts by the Trump administration.
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February 19, 2025
BARRINGTON, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), a member of the House Committee on the Budget, visited Barrington Peck Center for Adult Enrichment where he spoke about his support for critical programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
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February 18, 2025
NEWPORT, RI – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) visited East Bay Dental Center, a community health center administered by East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP), that delivers services to Rhode Islanders on Aquidneck Island. During the visit and tour, he spoke with staff about the downstream impacts of Medicaid cuts and how they would affect the services that East Bay Community Action Program provides for children, adults, and seniors in Rhode Island.
February 14, 2025
Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) and Congresswomen Diana DeGette (CO-01), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) led over a majority of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that expresses alarm at the illegal decision by President Trump to reduce the reimbursement rate for indirect research costs to 15 percent across the board.
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February 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) called out Republican attempts to gut Medicaid and food assistance while giving a tax giveaway to the richest one percent of Americans in a House Committee on Budget markup.
February 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to posthumously honor America’s first Black military unit with the Congressional Gold Medal. The First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act would commemorate the legacy of this Revolutionary War unit by awarding the Congressional Gold Medal in its honor to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research purposes.
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February 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (RI-01) called out the irony of the House Committee on Foreign holding a hearing titled “the USAID Betrayal” when in fact USAID is being betrayed by President Trump’s actions. Beyond turning our backs on our international community that relies on USAID, Congressman Amo argued that Trump is also betraying the American farmers, businesses, organizations, and universities who worked with USAID now left without the payments theyare owed.
February 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) joined Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Carlos Gimenez (FL-28), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) in introducing the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers.
February 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse along with Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today sent a letter to President Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce, demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to drastically reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) workforce and budget.