Category : Health

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today signed into law the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, legalizing and safely regulating recreational adult-use cannabis in the state. The Act includes automatic expungement of prior civil or criminal marijuana possession charges, a key provision in the Governor’s original cannabis proposal to the General Assembly. Governor McKee was joined for […]Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Calling it “good news for families of newborns,” U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hailed the announcement by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf that a swift end to the infant formula shortage is in sight and passage of a bipartisan bill that aims to prevent future baby formula shortages. Today, the […]Read More

Cicilline & Upton’s Bipartisan Active Shooter Alert Act Creates a New Public Safety Alert System WASHINGTON, DC – This National Police Week, Congressmen David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Fred Upton (MI-06) will join with law enforcement officials to highlight the importance of creating a national active shooter alert system, so that every local law enforcement agency has […]Read More

Life-Saving Drug Invented in 1920’s Shouldn’t Put People in Poverty Today   EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — As a part of their continued effort to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Rhode Island seniors and families, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today visited the East Providence Senior Center to outline plans to deliver price relief […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement addressing the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision in Benson v. State that upholds the constitutionality of Rhode Island’s Reproductive Privacy Act: “I applaud today’s decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of our state’s Reproductive Privacy Act at a critical moment as […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee today joined a coalition of 17 governors in calling for the U.S. Congress to take immediate action to protect reproductive rights and access to abortion. In a letter to congressional leaders, the governors called for Congress to quickly pass legislation to codify the rights and protections prescribed in Roe v. Wade. “I trust women […]Read More

Washington, DC – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, released the following statement on reports of a draft Supreme Court majority ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade and strike down a woman’s constitutional right to abortion: “If the majority Republican justices stay the course, this decision will go down as one of the most […]Read More