Press Releases
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $444,282 in federal funding for the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Rhode Island’s only Native-led museum. The grant, administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support the construction of a new permanent home for Tomaquag Museum at the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston campus.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) voted to pass H.R.2670, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The legislation – which includes support for the submarine program at Quonset, pay raises for Service Members, and language authored by Magaziner to expand affordable housing around shipbuilding hubs – will now head to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to House Republicans using valuable time and resources on a baseless impeachment inquiry into President Biden instead of focusing on helping working people in Rhode Island and across the country.
Magaziner’s full remarks are below:
Mr. Speaker, the Rhode Islanders who I talk to are so disappointed in this Congress.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) led 57 Members of Congress in a letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to move swiftly to prevent creditors from using information about Americans’ medical debt to determine credit worthiness.
Providence, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,483,190 in grants to support the adoption of innovative fishing gear in Rhode Island and across New England to reduce the risk of gear entanglement for the endangered North Atlantic right whales.
PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help Rhode Island small business owners unlock the resources they need to succeed, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the Ocean State is set to receive $773,624 to help very small and underserved businesses access more federal, state, and local funding opportunities and contracts.
WARWICK, RI – The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) adds tremendous workforce value to local manufacturers and helps them improve efficiency and productivity in a variety of ways. Today, CCRI’s efforts to assist local businesses with energy savings is getting a major boost thanks to the Biden Administration