| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday March 10, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
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Congressmen Goldman, Thompson, Magaziner Lead Call for Biden Administration to Name Domestic Terrorism Director, Request Update on National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), and Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism Ranking Member Seth Magaziner (RI-02) today led 23 Democrats in a letter to President Biden requesting an update on the Administration's implementation of the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism (the National Strategy).
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Magaziner Secures $12+ Million for Rhode Island to Support 14 Local Community Projects
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Today, Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) announced the House passage of $12,353,131 in federal funding requested by Rep. Magaziner for 14 community projects in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District in this year's government funding package. The legislation will now be taken up by the Senate, and is expected to be passed and sent to President Biden for his signature.
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Reed: RI to Receive Over $1 Billion from Initial 'Minibus' Appropriations Package
WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
With passage today in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congress is on track to approve a $467.5 billion 'minibus' appropriations package of six spending bills this week. The first batch of appropriations bills will fund a variety of key federal departments, agencies, and programs. The bills are: Agriculture; Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS); Energy-Water; Interior-Environment; Military Construction-Veteran
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Advances Bipartisan REEF Act to Protect Railroad Workers Unemployment, Sickness Insurance Benefits
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024:
This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a legislative markup of S. 1274, the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act. The bipartisan legislation would permanently exempt railroad workers' unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from mandated sequestration cuts. I
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Holds Hearing Highlighting How Strengthening Primary Care Would Improve Patient Health, Reduce Costs
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024:
This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a hearing titled "How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency," to highlight how strengthening primary care can deliver better health care, lower costs, and improve outcomes for patients. The U.S. spends more on health care as a sha
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Senate Judiciary Committee Sets March 7 Executive Business Meeting
WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on March 7, 2024, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building:
AGENDA
I. Nominees
* Amir H. Ali, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
* Melissa R. DuBose, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island
* Sunil R. Harjani, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
* Robert J. White, to be
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