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“President Trump and Elon Musk continue to illegally withhold funding from health care, education, humanitarian aid, and more. I will not vote for a budget bill until we have assurances that the administration will honor the budget that Congress passes.
I am, however, prepared to return to Washington to vote for a 30-day budget extension to keep the government open while giving both sides time to negotiate.
The American people want a return to bipartisanship and I hope the administration will listen.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced plans to lay off thousands of employees, a step toward President Trump’s broader effort to dismantle the agency:
"I am concerned that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to gut the Department of Education will negatively impact Rhode Island children and imperil funding for local school districts.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced he has been named Vice Chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus and will co-lead the Caucus’ new Building Trades Task Force for the 119th Congress. These roles will allow Magaziner to continue to champion working Rhode Islanders, including the building trades – a backbone of the state’s economy and a source of good-paying union jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02.) introduced the No Invading Allies Act, legislation to prohibit President Trump from invading Greenland, Canada, or Panama without a vote of Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced today that Alison Croke, President and CEO of Wood River Health, will be his guest at President Trump’s address to the nation on Tuesday, March 7. Croke leads the federally qualified health center based in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, which serves thousands of patients, many of whom rely on Medicaid for care.
Wood River Health President and CEO Alison Croke will be U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner’s guest at President Trump’s address to the nation this evening.
The speech will be Trump’s first to a joint session of Congress in his second term.
Wood River Health is a federally qualified health center based in Hope Valley, which serves thousands of patients, many of whom rely on Medicaid for care. Wood River Health also operates a Westerly location and provides dental care on Block Island.
Representative Seth Magaziner hosted a roundtable discussion about the White House’s cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The federal agency supports thousands of jobs in Rhode Island's fishing and aquaculture industry.
Lawmakers say they are worried about potential layoffs and what that could do for weather forecasting and ocean research.
PROVIDENCE, RI — On Monday, March 3, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. ET, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02), member of the House Natural Resources Committee, joined Rhode Island fishing, aquaculture, environmental, and conservation leaders at Save the Bay in Providence for a roundtable discussion to highlight the devastating impact that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will have on the Ocean State’s economy and environment.
PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) joined representatives of nursing home management and workers to discuss the devastating impact Republican-proposed cuts to Medicaid will have on nursing homes, and the thousands of Rhode Islanders they serve.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) released the following statement in response to a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.