New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now formed a North East coalition that will issue vaccine recommendations independent from the CDC.

My office will be holding in-person office hours on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 11 AM to 1 PM at the East Greenwich Library.  If you need any help dealing with a federal agency, like Social Security, the IRS, or VA, come visit us!

"Manufacturing employment fell for the sixth month in a row. Whatever it is that we're doing, it's not working." Why? Tariffs on steel and aluminum raise costs for every factory that uses them. Our rivals pay world prices; we also pay a tax. Result: fewer orders & fewer jobs.

Today, I was joined by organizations representing 100,000 doctors & medical experts. They know — I know — that vaccines work, and have saved millions of lives. We cannot allow Sec. Kennedy or anyone else to undermine faith in science and put the health of our children at risk.

Jobless claims soared to 263,000 last week, the highest level in nearly four years. It's going to get much worse. 77m American voted for a "businessman" with 5 BANKRUPTCIES.

The rich get richer and the middle class struggle to make ends meet with rising costs. It is time for policies and a tax code that reward hard work, not hoarded wealth.

Prices are rising, job growth is slowing, and analysts are predicting stagnant economic growth — largely due to Trump’s tariffs, his attempt to take over the Fed, and his deportations. I fear that America is headed towards the dread trap of stagflation.

If there’s one thing Americans agree on, it’s this: Members of Congress shouldn’t be trading stocks while writing the very laws that affect those companies. Full stop. Read from WPRI 12 ➡️ wpri.com/news/politics/…

The Pope is exactly right. No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care. We can and must do better.

You can't celebrate Charlie Kirk as a champion of free speech while also trying to silence the people on the left for exercising their free speech.

Normally it’s one or the other: weak growth or rising inflation. But tariffs gave us both. Welcome to the economics of supply shocks and stagflation.

BREAKING: Trump's head of Social Security says raising the retirement age "will be considered." That's a betrayal of Trump's campaign promise to protect Social Security.

Here’s a radical idea:

It was good spending time with Federal Reserve Chairman Powell during his visit to Rhode Island today. In order to avoid the hyperinflation and corruption that has plagued countries that politicized their central banks, the Fed must remain independent.

Trump's second term has been filled with chaos and dysfunction. But none of it is random. It's part of a plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out. Oligarchs don't want you to keep paying attention. That's how they win. Don't tune out. Don't let them win.

The Administration’s theory: Foreign drug companies will cut prices if Americans can buy elsewhere. The flaw: For patented drugs, there's no competition and demand is inelastic. That’s the textbook case where buyers—American patients and insurers—eat the cost.

Your health care premiums could MORE THAN DOUBLE thanks to Donald Trump. That’s the health care affordability crisis that Democrats are fighting to fix.

I visited Kent Hospital in Warwick today & heard about how important it is to protect health care funding in the federal budget - for doctors, nurses, & especially for patients and families. We must include health care funding in the budget so people can afford to get care.

It is outrageous and illegal for Trump to withhold money from states that didn't vote for him.   It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL to rescind federal funding that has already been appropriated by Congress.

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