WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced that two Rhode Island municipalities are receiving a total of $915,000 in federal funding to upgrade wastewater management systems, decrease pollution, and boost drinking water quality. These two federal grants for the towns of Glocester and North Kingston are funded through the U.S. Environm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: In an effort to help local communities and fire departments improve operations and safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $1,392,552 to help firefighters in Cranston, Lincoln, Newport, Smithfield, Pawtucket, Portsmouth and other communities purchase new equipment and support advanced training programs. The federal funds are bein  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: In an effort to help local communities and fire departments improve operations and safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $1,392,552 to help firefighters in Cranston, Lincoln, Newport, Smithfield, Pawtucket, Portsmouth and other communities purchase new equipment and support advanced training programs. The federal funds  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: In an effort to help local communities and fire departments improve operations and safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $1,392,552 to help firefighters in Cranston, Lincoln, Newport, Smithfield, Pawtucket, Portsmouth and other communities purchase new equipment and support advanced training programs. The federal funds are  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Seth Magaziner (D-RI) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and a bicameral group of colleagues in calling on President Joe Biden to support needed funding to prevent a national wave of child care closures. Congress secured historic  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Seth Magaziner (D-RI) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and a bicameral group of colleagues in calling on President Joe Biden to support needed funding to prevent a national wave of child care closures. Congress secured historic fun  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the recent decision by Fitch Ratings. "It is a straight line from Republicans' manufactured debt crisis to Fitch's downgrade. Years of Republicans' debt limit brinkmanship, showering billionaires with tax giveaways, and campaign  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: Over the last several years, federal aid has helped thousands of Rhode Island families access affordable child care and allowed local child care providers to staff up and pay skilled, educated workers a livable wage. On September 30, the last of the federal COVID-19 relief money from President Biden's American Rescue Plan (P.L. 117-2) will stop flowing to child care centers na  more