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US Representative Seth Magaziner decried the “absolute cruelty” of President Trump’s 2026 budget plan, which would slash nondefense domestic spending by $163 billion.
Trump’s plan, unveiled Friday, “guts” the US Agency for International Development, a key funder for a Rhode Island nonprofit that makes food for starving children, and the National Institutes of Health, which funds “the lifesaving research that is done here in Rhode Island and across the country,” Magaziner said on the Rhode Island Report podcast.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) led in Democrats’ defense of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during the Natural Resources Committee markup of the House Republicans’ sweeping reconciliation tax bill, which proposes deep cuts to programs that Rhode Island’s fishermen and coastal communities depend on, in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner has been taking to the House floor to protest President Trump’s cuts to funding for life-saving food for malnourished children. We talk with him about that, and some of the ways Rhode Island has been impacted by the president’s first few months in office. Also, State Senator Tiara Mack is against Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s efforts to raise property taxes.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) spoke on the House Floor to honor the late Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio of North Providence. Over the course of more than 40 years in the Rhode Island state legislature, Senate President Ruggerio fiercely advocated for the people and places that make Rhode Island unique. On April 21, 2025, he passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Retirees collecting Social Security and worried it will vanish. A researcher at Brown University whose funding was abruptly canceled. A woman whose relative holds a green card and fears she’ll be detained.
Those were just a handful of the stories shared Thursday evening during a packed town hall hosted by US Representative Seth Magaziner, which drew about 250 people.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced that he will speak on the House floor every day the chamber is in session until federal funding for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), used to save the lives of malnourished children around the world, is restored. Edesia Nutrition, based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, is one of two organizations in the United States that manufactures RUTF, along with MANA Nutrition in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Washington, DC – On Earth Day, Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are leading bipartisan group of New England members of Congress in announcing the introduction of legislation to bar offshore drilling along the New England coast. The New England Coastal Protection Act is cosponsored by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Angus King (I-ME), Edward J.
"Today is a sad day as Catholics and people of all faiths around the world mourn the passing of Pope Francis.
He embodied the spirit of service, with his deep commitment to compassion, justice, and care for the poor.
His example of leadership, humility, and grace will be deeply missed.”
“I’m saddened by the passing of Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio.
Donny was a champion for working people, a skilled legislator, and a true gentleman.
It was an honor to work closely with him on the historic school construction initiative launched in 2018. He understood the importance of investing in the next generation, and the Senate delivered under his leadership.
CRANSTON, RI — Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) hosted a roundtable discussion with representatives of the construction, hospitality, health care and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island to address the negative impact of President Trump’s recent tariffs on workers, consumers and small businesses.
“Presient Trump’s tariffs are the largest tax increase on the Middle Class in decades,” said Magaziner. “Tariff rates now are the highest that we have had since before the Great Depression.”