WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) signed onto three discharge petitions to compel House Republican leadership to act on common-sense gun safety legislation during Gun Violence Awareness Month. A discharge petition is a motion to have a bill released from its committee of jurisdiction. Once discharged, the legislation is then taken up for a vote on the floor. This motion re  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Since the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) passed in August 2022, there have already been over $120 billion in new project announcements in cleantech industries nationwide. With billions more dollars of federal clean energy incentives and competitive grants up for grabs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns for a forum to  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House Floor to celebrate the 300th anniversary of South Kingstown, located in Rhode Island's Second Congressional District. "I rise today to celebrate the 300th anniversary of South Kingstown, home to some of Rhode Island's most iconic historic, economic and cultural treasures," said Rep. Magaziner. "Whether it was the farmer  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following remarks after the House Ways & Means Committee began marking up Republicans' new tax package, which would increase the deficit, undo climate progress, and deliver tax cuts that would primarily benefit large corporations and the wealthy. Chairman Whitehouse's remarks  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after the United Nations (UN) announced that it will require all delegates attending Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to disclose their affiliation with fossil fuel companies and other corporation  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Federal Courts, today launched a new podcast series aimed at shining a light on the far-right scheme to remake the Supreme Court in service to shadowy billionaires and big special interests. The first episode of the podcast, Making the Case, is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced legislation to protect Americans from sky-high interest rates for credit cards and other consumer loans. The Empowering States' Rights to Protect Consumers Act would restore states' ability to limit consumer loan interest rates for thei  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has joined U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and colleagues from both sides of the aisle to reintroduce the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act, legislation that will strengthen coordination and collaboration between federal, state, local, and tribal entities on ocean acidification research and monitoring. "Ocean acidification cause  more