Washington, D.C- Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s signing of an executive order to begin repealing the Clean Power Plan: «President Trump’s short-sighted executive order to begin repealing the Clean Power Plan is an assault to the health of the public and the planet. The Clean Power Plan […]readmore
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and James Langevin (D-RI) reintroduced the FAST Voting Act. The legislation aims to improve voter participation, encourage automatic voter registration and enhance voting system security. Based on the Department of Education’s successful Race to the Top program, the FAST Voting Act would allow states to apply for […]readmore
Bipartisan, Bicameral Joint Committee Would Cut Jurisdictional Red Tape WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), a senior member of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, and the co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, today introduced a resolution that would create a bipartisan, bicameral Joint Committee to investigate the Russian election […]readmore
«As I have stated before, such activity constitutes a blow to the very heart of our democracy, and it demands at least the level of response President Obama laid out last week. While the influence operation had multiple facets, at the heart was the hacking of emails from the Democratic National Committee and the staff […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the release of a declassified intelligence report highlighting Russian hacking and interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election: «Our elections should be decided by American citizens, not foreign hackers, heads of state, or their […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will deliver her annual State of the State address before a joint session of the Rhode Island General Assembly on Tuesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. The State of the State address will provide the Governor an opportunity to outline her ongoing efforts to create and expand economic […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – With President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to hold an event in Fayetteville, North Carolina tonight to officially announce the nomination of General James N. Mattis (ret.) to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement: «This […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement today on President-elect Trump’s nomination of Dr. Ben Carson as his nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): «Dr. Carson is a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon with an […]readmore
ASHINGTON — The White House, major U.S. media outlets and fact checkers are debunking President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that «millions of people» voted illegally in the November 8 election he won. In Twitter posts Sunday, the Republican Trump claimed that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote «if you deduct the […]readmore
VOA News Since becoming the president-elect this month, Donald Trump appears to be softening his stance on several firmly held campaign themes, from building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to shifting on the cause of climate change to putting his Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, in jail. Political experts have said candidates often have […]readmore