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PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) joined Rhode Island health care workers to highlight the emerging health care affordability crisis, which is driving up insurance premiums for patients and straining hospital budgets.

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) presented the Purple Heart Medal and other military honors to the family of U.S. Navy veteran Richard Wellington Vertz, who was killed in action during World War II. Magaziner’s staff secured the reissuance of Purple Heart for the family after it was lost, and in the process, discovered other awards earned by the veteran.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02), along with other Democratic colleagues, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic tariffs. 

The brief reaffirms Congress’s constitutional authority over trade policy and challenges President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs that are driving up costs for Rhode Islanders. 

WARWICK, RI – Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) connected with more than 11,000 constituents from across Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District during a telephone town hall focused on the ongoing health care affordability crisis and the federal government shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC – In a show of solidarity with federal workers impacted by the ‘Trump Shutdown,’ all four members of Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation have requested that their Congressional pay be withheld for the duration of the federal government shutdown as they fight to re-open the government and bring down health care costs for Rhode Islanders.

PASCOAG, RI – Today, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) visited WellOne Health Center in Pascoag to meet with health care providers about the ongoing health care affordability crisis and the importance of including federal health care funding in Congress’s budget.

WAKEFIELD, RI – Today U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) visited South County Hospital in Wakefield to meet with health care providers. The discussion focused on the urgent need to address rising health care costs as Congress considers whether to include continued health care funding in the federal budget.