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As Sandy Heads North, Delegation Urges Obama to Speed Emergency Assistance to RI
PROVIDENCE, RI - As Rhode Island prepares for the possible impact of Hurricane Sandy, the state’s Congressional delegation wants to help speed up emergency assistance from the federal government. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and Dav...
Posted on 10/27/2012 | -
Delegation Supports Disaster Declaration for Northeast Fishery
Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation is applauding an announcement today by the U.S. Department of Commerce declaring a disaster for the Northeast groundfish fishery. Last month, Rhode Island joined other Northeast states in asking the federal government to...
Posted on 9/13/2012 | -
Floor Statement Urging Flood Aid for RI
Mr. President, last month, my State was hit by the worst nonhurricane floods in the history of the State, at least in the last 200 years. Our Governor has preliminarily assessed the damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars, which is a significant figure for the smallest State in the Uni...
Posted on 4/22/2012 | -
USDA Approves Statewide Disaster Declaration for RI Farmers
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved natural disaster declaration assistance for all Rhode Island farmers that suffered damage as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. This declaration...
Posted on 10/6/2011 | -
USDA Approves Disaster Declaration for RI Farmers
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a disaster declaration for nine Massachusetts counties, which will also benefit farmers in the adjacent Rhode Island counties of Bristol, Newport, and...
Posted on 9/22/2011 |