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Seth Magaziner

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Seth Michael Magaziner is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as the General Treasurer of Rhode Island since January 6, 2015. In this role, he is responsible for managing the state's finances and investments, overseeing the state pension system, and ensuring fiscal responsibility. Magaziner has focused on issues such as economic development, public investment, and financial literacy during his tenure.

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  1. I rise today for the 28th time to call on the Trump administration to restore lifesaving food aid for malnourished children. This is Plumpy'Nut. It is a peanut paste that is used to treat children with malnutrition whose organs are no longer able to process food because they are starving. Prior to January, the United States of America saved the lives of millions of children by shipping this peanut paste that is manufactured here in the United States to children around the world. That program was halted when funding for USAID was stopped by the Trump administration. However, the Trump administration has said repeatedly that they intend to restore funding for this program. They have still yet to do it. There are thousands of boxes of this product sitting in warehouses in Georgia and in Rhode Island. All that we need is for someone in the administration to sign a piece of paper to get the shipments going again. Every day that we do not is a day that children are starving. We are just asking them to deliver on their stated policy. We are asking them to restore the shipments and to save lives.2 sources2025govinfo.gov
  2. I rise for the 34th time to call on the Trump administration to restore food aid for children around the world suffering from malnutrition. We have been doing this for months. We have been doing this for months because after decades of United States leadership in providing aid to children around the world suffering from malnutrition, the Trump administration has stopped funding this lifesaving program. In my district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, there is a warehouse with 90,000 boxes of Plumpy'Nut, lifesaving food aid that is designed to save the lives of starving children whose organs are shutting down and can no longer process conventional food. This food aid has already been manufactured and has already been paid for but is sitting in a warehouse in Rhode Island because some bureaucrat in the Trump administration refuses to sign the piece of paper to restart the shipments. Why? What possible good can come from allowing children to starve needlessly around the world while American factories and American farmers do not get paid? The crazy thing is that for months the administration has been insisting that they are going to restart this program. Secretary Rubio, under oath in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that this program was going to be restarted.…2 sources2025govinfo.gov
Jul 25, 2026

If they put up a simple voter ID bill for an up-or-down vote without any of the other bulls--- in it, I would vote for it.

foxnews.com
Jul 22, 2026

It’s a terrible bill. It doesn’t ban stock trading in Congress or anywhere else.

rollcall.com
Jul 4, 2026

I frankly like don't think that this is something that politicians in Washington should be involved in.

foxnews.com
Jul 4, 2026

Let like the school athletic associations, let parents, let people at the local level decide which sports and which age groups should be co-ed or what the rules should be.

foxnews.com
Jul 3, 2026

The Constitution is the Constitution. If you don't like the Constitution, you can try to change it.

foxnews.com
Jun 30, 2026

“Too many working Rhode Islanders and Americans across the country have been tricked into paying monthly subscriptions they didn’t knowingly agree to, and that companies make nearly impossible to cancel,”

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Jun 30, 2026

Because Trump is who he is and only cares about himself and wants to be constantly feeding his own ego, he put together this shitty event that no one is at.

huffpost.com
Jun 8, 2026

Wood’s scholarship provides a vital telling of how exceptional the American experiment is.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Jun 8, 2026

Gordon Wood reminded us that our founders wanted an America in which the true power rests with the people.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Jun 3, 2026

Rhode Islanders are struggling with high costs, and our resources should be focused on supporting working people here at home, not fighting another unnecessary war in the Middle East.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
May 27, 2026

Too many working Rhode Islanders and Americans across the country have been tricked into paying monthly subscriptions they didn’t knowingly agree to.

takano.house.gov
May 13, 2026

President Trump is demanding $1 billion of taxpayer money for his ballroom, while Americans struggle to put food on the table. He wants to spend millions more to build an arch as a monument to himself, while parents can't afford childcare…

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Apr 30, 2026

250 years ago, on May 4, 1776, the people of Rhode Island became the first in America to declare their independence from the British crown. Two months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the Rhode Island…

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Apr 29, 2026

last year, 88 of the most profitable companies in America paid zero in Federal income taxes. Citigroup made over $4 billion in its U.S. businesses last year, no Federal taxes paid; Halliburton nearly $1 billion and paid no taxes; Tesla…

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Apr 21, 2026

It has been exactly 1 year since Speaker Johnson said that he supports a stock-trading ban for Members of Congress. One year, and what has happened? Absolutely nothing. We need to pass a congressional stock-trading ban because it is not…

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Apr 21, 2026

a recent vaccine trial for patients with pancreatic cancer using mRNA technology produced an astounding result: Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. More than 90 percent of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die…

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Apr 15, 2026

here is how you know that Washington is broken. Instead of voting to end the war, end the tariffs, and lower healthcare costs, what are we doing? Yesterday, we debated 14 bills to rename post offices. This is why people think that Congress…

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Mar 24, 2026

however bad you think the corruption is in Washington, I promise you it is worse. At the Department of Homeland Security, Corey Lewandowski allegedly demanded that companies pay him a fee in exchange for taxpayer contracts and Tom Homan…

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Mar 19, 2026

big corporations continue to make billions and billions of dollars while working people can't afford the essentials, can't afford groceries, can't afford healthcare, can't afford to keep a roof over their heads. This happens because…

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Feb 11, 2026

President Trump's tariffs are raising costs on working people. Just like everything else that Donald Trump does, his tariffs are all about helping himself and his rich friends at the expense of everyday people. The Big Tech companies and…

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Jan 22, 2026

Yesterday, at this time, Liam Ramos was at his preschool in Minneapolis, and today, as we speak, he is in a prison cell in Texas against the will of his parents. Mr. Speaker, what are we doing here? I am a member of the Committee on…

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Jan 7, 2026

in Rhode Island and all across the country, people are being crushed by high healthcare costs because Republicans have refused to extend the Affordable Care Act funding. People are seeing their premiums go up by thousands of dollars a…

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Jan 6, 2026

do not let anyone rewrite the history of what happened on January 6, 2021. A mob tried to overturn a free and fair election and deny the American people of our God-given right to choose our own leaders. They attacked police officers with…

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