| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday July 09, 2023 ( 5 items ) |
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Reed Opposes SCOTUS Decision Removing Equal Protection for LGBTQ+ Americans
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement:
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that makes it legal for businesses to use religion as a sword to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people:
"I strongly disagree with this pro-discrimination ruling.
"In America, religious liberty is protected. But the Constitution does not grant businesses a license to d
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Reed Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Blocking Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement:
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Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling to prevent the Biden Administration from forgiving a portion of student debt:
"Once again, this Supreme Court overreached to meet its ideological preferences.
"Americans burdened by college debt deserve targeted relief. This ruling blocks it.
"Student loan debt is holding back a generation of you
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Reed, Colleagues Urge CFPB to Step Up to Protect Consumers From Scams Using AI
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023:
Amid a reported uptick in new financial scams using artificial intelligence (AI) to trick victims, a group of leading U.S. Senators is urging a consumer watchdog to re-double efforts to keep people safe and crack down on offenders.
Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Tina Smith (D-MN) in sending a letter urging Consumer Fi
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Reed, Whitehouse, McKee, Raimondo & State Leaders Celebrate $108.7M in Federal Broadband Funding to Connect More RIers to Affordable High-Speed Internet
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner, Newport Mayor Xaykham Khamsavoravong and state and local officials to celebrate the latest installment of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding for Rhode Island.
This $108.7 million in federal BEAD funding w
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Investigating Fossil Fuel Dark Money's Systemic Threats to Climate, Federal Budget
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Dollars and Degrees: Investigating Fossil Fuel Dark Money's Systemic Threats to Climate and the Federal Budget":
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Before we get to our opening statements, I'd like to take a moment to correct the record regarding the International Monetary Fund's 2021 working paper showing trillions of dollars in global foss
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