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Rhode Island Second District Congressman Seth Magaziner visited CHILD, Inc. in West Warwick Tuesday to voice his strong opposition to House Republicans’ proposed education budget.
The House has passed an amendment introduced by Rhode Island Congressman Seth Magaziner to strengthen airport security standards. He said the legislation addresses vulnerabilities revealed after cyber-attacks on some of the nation's largest airports. The amendment is part of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act. Magaziner is the ranking member of the Subcommittee for Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence.
Before speaking to press, Administrator Guzman and a small group including Congressman Seth Magazine [sic] and Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins, sat with owner Lou Umberto at a small table inside his restaurant, flanked by shelves of marinara and vodka sauce, American tuna, Italian tuna and the bustle of a restaurant that was operating around the visit. [...]
On Monday at Warwick Police Headquarters, Rhode Island Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-2) announced his co-sponsorship of the Invest to Protect Act, “a bill to invest $50 million per year in training, recruitment, and mental health resources for small and mid-sized police departments,” according to a press release from his office.
Since talking office three months ago, Congressman Seth Magaziner said he has submitted 400 requests, an average of about seven a day, for federal funding for Rhode Island projects and programs. The freshman Representative from the Second Congressional District told the Warwick Rotary Club Thursday that he aims to continue the tradition of returning more federal dollars to the state than state taxpayers give to Washington. On average, he said, for every dollar that goes to pay federal taxes the state gets back $1.15.
Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced that he is leading his colleagues from Southern New England, Reps. Cicilline, Auchincloss, and Keating, in requesting $8 million in federal funding for the Southern New England Estuaries Program (SNEP), which supports innovative solutions to ecological and economic issues in southeastern New England estuaries. Rep.
Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced that he is leading 104 of his colleagues in requesting increased funding for the Federal Pell Grant Program and to double the maximum annual Pell Grant to $13,000. Magaziner and his colleagues also asked that appropriators secure the long-term affordability impact of the Pell Grant program for future years by indexing the maximum award amount to inflation and ensuring that funding for the program is fully mandatory.
WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor Duilio “Dewey” Turilli, 100, a Warwick Iwo Jima veteran in World War II. [...] Born in Italy, Mr. Turilli came to the United States at the age of 6 from Italy. Shortly thereafter, he and his family settled in Rhode Island.
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Rep. Seth Magaziner urged his fellow lawmakers to help pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) Thursday. Magaziner and state labor leaders pushed for the bill’s passage in a media briefing outside the Starbucks off Route 2 in Warwick. The congressman chose Starbucks as the backdrop for the briefing due to the coffee shop’s recent history of “illegal union-busting actions.” […]
Rep. Seth Magaziner is introducing his first legislation, "Health care Worker Retention Act,” which will provide health care workers with a series of refundable tax credits to help retain and attract talent in the sector. He discussed the new bill at a roundtable with local health care leaders, including Morgan Leonard, director of clinic operations at Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic. [...]