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I was among those who voted against it when it came to the floor last time, and I want to correct something that my colleague was talking about in terms of leaving it up to the States. Maybe it was good for North Dakota, and I am sure my…
anyone reading the paper or watching the news last week knows that Medicare is on the front line in the battles that lie ahead. Seniors are watching and what they see is troubling. Yes, we do need to reform Medicare--but there is a right…
today I rise to support the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. For the thousands of Rhode Islanders from my district of Armenian descent who lost family members in this genocide, today is a particularly somber…
Mr. Chairman, the debate is about students, students and their futures. The cost of a college education is rising faster than middle-income families can afford. In fact, paying for college now ranks second only to buying a home as the most…
I rise against the rule and the Republican tax cut for the wealthy that this rule allows, a Republican tax cut plan where, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice, more than 71 percent of total capital gains tax cut breaks goes to those…
we hear all the time from Republicans about how they want less Government. Now we know what are talking about. They are talking about less Government assistance to our senior citizens during the winter. That is right. The Republicans have…
on this day 75 years ago, the League of Women Voters was formally established. The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island grew out of the Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association and was organized on October 8, 1920. The first year was…
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