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Members of Congress are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve data privacy, awareness, and website accessibility as veterans and their families fall victim to an uptick in scams by “claim predators.”
KINGSTON, R.I. — Several congressional Democrats gathered at URI last Friday to discuss the future of offshore wind.
The visit, hosted by Rep. Seth Magaziner, attracted several notable members of the House of Representatives, including included California Reps. Jared Huffman, Nanette Barragan, and Salud Carbajal, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury and North Carolina Rep. Deborah Ross.
U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner announced the passage of bipartisan legislation that includes $289 million in federal funding to support climate resiliency efforts in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE -- The Providence Public Library received $700,000 in federal funding for building upgrades and community space improvements, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., announced Monday. [...] Read full article.
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced legislation to require federal agencies to conduct assessments of critical infrastructure operations to better prepare for and respond to cyberattacks.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., introduced the Contingency Plan for Critical Infrastructure Act to mandate the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a joint assessment of how the National Cyber Incident Response Plan would address risks posed to critical infrastructure.
A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would ban medical bills from credit reports has been met with applause from U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) and other advocates.
US Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chaired the U.S. House January 6th Committee, visited Rhode Island in March for a roundtable hosted by US Rep. Seth Magaziner, the Rhode Island Democrat who serves with Thompson on the Homeland Security Committee.