Magaziner: Funding Bill Aids Warwick Police Communications
By: Warwick Post Staff on January 9, 2026 in Uncategorized
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) applauded the House passage of federal funding Thursday for five local community projects, including $800,000 for Warwick Police communications, part of an […]
Judge: Trump HHS $11B Health Grants Block Usurps Congress
By: Rob Borkowski on May 21, 2025 in State, National
PROVIDENCE, RI — On May 16, a Rhode Island U.S. Court granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration’s seizure of Congressional power to halt an $11 billion public health […]
RI, Congress, Fight Jan. 28 Trump Budget Power Grab
By: Rob Borkowski on January 29, 2025 in News to You
UPDATE: Jan. 29, 1:56 p.m.: NBC News reports President Donald Trump has rescinded the order. WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has ordered a ‘temporary pause’ on on federal grants […]
Social Security Fairness Act Wins 76 Senate Votes, Passes
By: Rob Borkowski on December 21, 2024 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – The Social Security Fairness Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, has passed the Senate, and is on track to nix the government pension offset (GPO) and windfall elimination […]
Magaziner Joins Call to Censure Rep. Paul Gosar for ‘Harboring neo-Nazi Extremists’
By: Rob Borkowski on May 17, 2023 in National, News to You
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reps Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), and Greg Landsman (OH-01) sent a letter to Speaker Kevin McCarthy asking him to […]
Congressman Cicilline Resigning to Lead RI Foundation
By: Rob Borkowski on February 22, 2023 in All Politics Are Local, Election 2023, News to You
Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) will resign June 1 to lead the Rhode Island Foundation as President and CEO, cutting his seventh term in the United States House of Representatives short. […]
Langevin Won’t Run in 2022: ‘Thank You, Rhode Island’
By: Rob Borkowski on January 19, 2022 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC — Late Tuesday afternoon, following his announcement to WJAR’s Gene Valicente the he would not seek a new term in 2022, Congressman Jim Langevin, D – Dist. 2, […]
Congress OKs $900B COVID-19 Relief in $2.3T Appropriation Bill
By: Warwick Post Staff on December 22, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – A $2.3 trillion 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill including a $900 billion COVID-19 Relief Package has cleared Congress and waits President Donald J. Trump’s signature. The legislation cleared the […]
Reed School Infrastructure Plan Gains Steam in $760B Bill
By: Rob Borkowski on February 10, 2020 in News to You
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s plan to modernize public classrooms in Rhode Island and nationwide got a boost by U.S. House leaders announcing their intent to […]
House OKs Age Discrimination Act, With Langevin, Cicilline Votes
By: Rob Borkowski on January 16, 2020 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline voted in favor of H.R. 1230, the Protect Older Workers Against Age Discrimination Act, on Wednesday, setting the burden of […]
Warwick Girl to Ask Congress for Diabetes Research Funds
By: Rob Borkowski on July 1, 2019 in Good Times, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Veterans Middle School junior Chloe Pena, 13, has been living with Type 1 diabetes since 2017, staying on top of her blood sugar and managing her […]
Senate Passes Reed Co-Sponsored Anti-Scam Call Bill
By: Rob Borkowski on May 23, 2019 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to crack down on unwanted commercial robocalls, the U.S. Senate today voted 97 to 1 to pass legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed that […]
Reed, Langevin Seek Mueller Testimony Following Special Counsel’s Redacted Report
By: Rob Borkowski on April 19, 2019 in All Politics Are Local
WARWICK — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election meddling contradicts Attorney General William Barr’s summarizing claim that the report shows no attempt by President Donald Trump to obstruct […]
Langevin Presides Over House Opening 116th Congress
By: Rob Borkowski on January 4, 2019 in News to You
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), the first quadriplegic elected to Congress, presided over the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 3, during the opening day of the 116th Congress. As […]
AG Kilmartin: Congress Must Act to Secure 2018 Elections
By: Rob Borkowski on July 25, 2018 in Election 2018, News to You
PROVIDENCE — On Monday, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 Attorneys General urging congressional leaders to improve American cyber security and protect the integrity of […]
Langevin Introduces Bill Improving Emergency Preparedness for People With Disabilities
By: Rob Borkowski on June 26, 2018 in News to You
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), and Peter King (R-NY) have introduced legislation that would create an advisory committee to improve U.S. emergency preparedness for people with disabilities. […]
Reed, Langevin: Russian 2016 Election Interference Requires Action
By: Rob Borkowski on January 31, 2018 in News to You
The Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election reports Russian agents aimed to influence the election in favor of President Donald Trump, actions Congressman Jim Langevin and Sen. Jack Reed, and a bipartisan law passed by Congress last year, say demand strong action, but the president disagrees.
Reed, Langevin, Whitehouse Meet With Kent County Residents at Coventry High
By: Rob Borkowski on March 30, 2017 in All Politics Are Local
COVENTRY, RI — Residents from Kent County, including a few from Warwick, filled Coventry High School’s auditorium Sunday afternoon for a town hall meeting with Sen. Jack Reed,(D-RI), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse […]
Reed, Dems: More Vetting Needed as Trump Nominees Drag Feet on Documents
By: Rob Borkowski on December 23, 2016 in All Politics Are Local
WASHINGTON, DC – Following reports that President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees have not yet provided the relevant Senate Committees with important documentation, such as a completed financial disclosure statement, ethics agreement […]
Reed Warns Congress Against Hasty Waiver Allowing Mattis as Secretary of Defense
By: Rob Borkowski on December 9, 2016 in All Politics Are Local
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, voiced respect for RI native retired Army Lt.General James N. Mattis (ret.), but cautioned against rushing a waiver allowing him to serve as President Elect Donald Trump’s
Langevin Names Adams Chief of Staff; Nicholson to Direct Government Affairs Institute
By: Rob Borkowski on November 23, 2016 in Uncategorized
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) has announced long-serving Chief of Staff Kristin Nicholson is leaving to become Director of The Government Affairs Institute (GAI) at Georgetown University.
Langevin Introduces Offshore WIND Act
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2016 in News to You
Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), who serves as Energy Task Force Chair on the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) in Congress, today introduced the Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act.