PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner announced today that four Rhode Island Drug Free Communities (DFC) coalitions have been awarded a total of $500,000 from the White House Office of National Drug Policy (ONDCP) to combat the overdose epidemic and prevent youth substance use. Whitehouse, Chairman of the Senate Caucus on Inter  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner announced today that four Rhode Island Drug Free Communities (DFC) coalitions have been awarded a total of $500,000 from the White House Office of National Drug Policy (ONDCP) to combat the overdose epidemic and prevent youth substance use. Whitehouse, Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Cont  more

CRANSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation. This provision, included in the Inflation Reduction Act which was signed into law last year, grants Medicare the authority to negotiate lower drug prices for seniors and beneficiaries  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) sent a letter to Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman calling for continued federal support from the Small Business Administration to help Block Island residents, small businesses, and the community recover from a devastating fire that tore through the historic Harborside Inn and damaged neighboring buildings. "As we conti  more

WEST WARWICK, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) stood with educators and parents to condemn House Republicans' proposed cuts to education, including Head Start and school funding for teachers. As a former public school teacher and Rhode Island's General Treasurer for eight years - where he spearheaded an initiative to rebuild school buildings across the state - Rep. Magaz  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee,and Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management & Technology, and Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, sent a letter to Department of H  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to provide essential services to victims of violent crimes and survivors of sexual assault and to strengthen the state's support systems for people who have experienced trauma resulting from these crimes, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $642,000 in new federal funding for the Victim Compensation Formula Grant program, which is funde  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to provide essential services to victims of violent crimes and survivors of sexual assault and to strengthen the state's support systems for people who have experienced trauma resulting from these crimes, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $642,000 in new federal funding for the Victim Compensation Formula Grant program, which  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: In an effort to provide essential services to victims of violent crimes and survivors of sexual assault and to strengthen the state's support systems for people who have experienced trauma resulting from these crimes, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner today announced $642,000 in new federal funding for the Victim Compensation Formula Grant p  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), announced a $60.3 million boost for Rhode Island road and bridge work in the coming weeks to help move transportation projects forward ahead of schedule. Reed says the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is getting an extra $6  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an historic move to help lower the price of prescription drugs, the Biden Administration unveiled plans for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use the purchasing power of Medicare to negotiate lower prices for consumers for 10 critical drugs, which CMS was empowered to do under the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169). After the list was announced, U.S. Senator Jack Reed hailed   more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: People should learn from their mistakes, not die from them. But today, many Americans are being killed by unknowingly ingesting fentanyl in counterfeit pills. Fentanyl is a deadly artificial opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin. While it can help patients with pain in hospital settings, illicit fentanyl is now the most common drug in overdose deaths. Today, at CODAC B  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today joined students and representatives of Community MusicWorks and the Newport String Project to celebrate $300,000 in federal funding to support and expand music education and mentoring services for students from urban communities in Rhode Island. After announcing the funding, the Senator met with students in the program and listen  more