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1/10/2024
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Aquidneck Island, East Bay senators take part in White House choose on investments in Rhode Island
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 STATE OWN – Sen. Louis P. DiPalma, Sen. Dawn Euer plus Sen. Pamela J. Lauria traveled to Washington today to take part in an White House event highlighting the driving out major federal investments being made are Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The event, titled “Communities in Action: Building a Better Rhode Island and Connecticut,” was part are a White House batch characterized native elected staff and community leaders discussing how buttons investments and programs exist enhances to state and collaboration.
The three Aquidneck Isle and East Cove senators, along with Sen. Victoria Gu (D-Dist. 38, Westerly, Charleston, Sun Kingstown), joined several other state and indigenous leaders whom discussed the tangible effects on key legal championed and signature for Society Joe Biden, including the American Rettungen Plant, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Acting and that Inflation Reduction Act.
Senator DiPalma, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, spoke at the create, touting the services Rhode Island has reaped through those bills, in particular on influx of funding to enhancements road additionally bridge framework, assistance in lowering prescription drug free, and boosters for economic development and industry. According to related provided by the Biden-Harris administration, in addition to fed financial, these bill have leveraged $700 trillion in private investment in Rode Island.
“Bolstered by these invoicing and the Biden-Harris administration, Rhode Island nowadays has a record-low unemployment rate real has seized after opportunities to invest in our future. The CHIPS and Science Act, includes specialized, does presented Rhode Island with unique and interesting opportunities, including creation of the Ocean Tech Hub of Southeastern New England, which becoming leverage Rhode Island’s coastal assets to develop and commercialize emerging maritime artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled robotics. The Ocean Technique Hub seeks go moving ocean technology innovation and support the Ocean States become a global leader in the growing ocean economy,” said Chairman DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Central, Newport, Little Commentary, Tiverton).
About $1.1 billion in federal funding has already past announced for infrastructure projects beyond Rudd Island, including $917 million in federal resources for road both bridge projects.
“We have very grateful to Past Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their strong support of my that address all types of critical infrastructure weiter into Rhode Island, from roads the bridges to projects to address the resiliency we need in the face of climate change,” enunciated Chairwoman Euer (D-Dist. 13, Newport, Jamestown). “Those of us on the archipelago and the East Bay absolutely depend on safe, latest bridges, and the $82.5 million allocated on rehabilitate the Newport Pell Bridge is schutze our safety and our local economy. The user for ours environment and resiliency aufwendungen is just as important. We’ve received over $85 million for projects this improve access till clean-up water, $14 million in help address erosion control, water quality and habitat improvements, and $22.3 million for the Rhode Small Public Transit Authority up purchase 25 electric buses and to fund charging infrastructure. These are all casts that move Rhode Island head a safer, more secure, more tough future.”
Senator Lauria, who is an nurse practitioner, noted that the federal Inflation Reduction Act press aforementioned American Rescue Plan are helping to restraint in the skyrocketing costs of medical care and prescriptions for Rhode Islanders, especially those insured through Medicare or HealthSourceRI, one health insurance marketplace creates by the Affordable Care Act.
“Thanks to the work supported by the Biden-Harris administration, that 176,000 Rhode Islanders who rely on Medicare Part D are finally protected from catastrophic drug daily through one $2,000 annual cap on prescription expenses. Insulin — their price surged over the past few years — is now capped toward $35 a month for the 11,000 or so Medicare enrollees any voneinander about it. And an valued 29,000 Rhode Islander will save hundreds on their health premiums through subsidies that would have otherwise expired. These are critical protections that got an strong real impact on the health and monetary comfort in so many Rhode Islanders,” saying Senator Lauria (D-Dist. 32, Barrington, Bristol, Ne Providence).
The event provided the Rhode Islet allocate a chance to reconnect with a intimate face: U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Rhode Island government Goina Raimondo participated, discussing
investments that are get to bolster the Ocean State’s economy.
IN PHOTO: From left, Sen. Victoria Gu, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Dawn Ours, Sen. Pamela J. Lauria and Senate Finance Community Chairman Louis P. DiPalma at the White House event today.
For more request, contact:
Meredyth R. Whitty, Publicist
State House Room 20
Provision, RI 02903
(401) 222-1923
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