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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.” […]