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WARWICK, RI — On Monday, June 2, 2025, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) joined Rhode Islanders whose lives have been affected by gun violence, local leaders in gun safety advocacy, and members of Rhode Island law enforcement to reintroduce his Prevent Illegal Gun Sales Act.
Rep. Seth Magaziner reintroduced a bill to crack down on illegal gun sales.
The Prevent Illegal Gun Sales Act focuses on strengthening measures for firearm dealers who are selling illegally, falsifying records and providing firearms to firearms traffickers.
The Trump administration is coming under scrutiny for deporting several U.S. citizen children along with their foreign-born parents.
Trump officials have defended the move, saying the minors were not deported, rather the parents have elected to take them along rather than be separated from their children.
President Trump’s new budget proposal calls for cutting the main source of federal funds for state and local libraries.
The president’s budget outline, released earlier this month, would eliminate a little known federal agency called the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, May 29, 2025, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) released the following statement in response to news that the Trump Administration will shut down Exeter Job Corps, along with most Job Corps centers nationwide.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) today issued the following statement after a federal court ruling blocked the Trump Administration from dismantling the Department of Education.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) today issued the following statement following his vote early this morning against a House Republican-led budget reconciliation bill:
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and more than a dozen colleagues from both parties took to the House floor Tuesday evening to call for an immediate vote to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
Rep. Seth Magaziner provided an update on his push for a bill that would prevent members of Congress from trading stocks.
Magaziner told 12 News Friday he recently started meeting with other lawmakers who have proposed similar legislation to negotiate a “single, consensus bill” they can all get behind and work on passing.