Gabe Amo
Representative for Rhode Island · Democratic · United States
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 9086, the Foreign Service Modernization Act, as amended.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“That means it is: power to hike prices on Americans with more erratic tariffs; power to hurt economic growth with more erratic tariffs; and power to further destroy our alliances with more erratic tariffs. Trump already thinks he has power to impose tariffs on anyone and everything.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Madam Speaker, I again thank the thousands of Foreign Service officers at the State Department and around the world for their tireless and patriotic work.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Whether in a war zone, humanitarian crisis, or emergency evacuation, American citizens rely on the expertise and determination of these public servants to ensure they remain safe, represented, and, if needed, supported in navigating challenges abroad and returning home safely.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Now, more than ever, we need these experts at the State Department in Washington and at our posts around the world. Without them, American national security remains at risk.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Russia invaded Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is waging an illegal war against a democratic nation. Russia should be sanctioned, and Ukraine should be supported, but this bill is not the way to do it.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
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“Madam Speaker, I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their work crafting this bipartisan legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Madam Speaker, I again thank the thousands of Foreign Service officers at the State Department and around the world for their tireless and patriotic work. To those who were arbitrarily fired in July 2025, know that I and the other Democratic Members are committed to see you are made whole and to ensure that the Halls of Congress are filled with stories of your commendable public service, professional excellence, and inspiring contributions to your country. Though this bill could have been much improved, including language that would have granted us greater oversight over last year's RIFs, this bill is an important step toward providing our diplomats with the tools they need to succeed.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“That is why our side of the aisle on the Foreign Affairs Committee has been adamant that we need to hold the administration to account, including by demanding hearings on its stewardship of the State Department and our Foreign Service, which have been too few this Congress. The American people are entitled to answers, and we will continue asking questions. We have a lot of work to do to ensure our diplomats and State Department have the tools, resources, and training they need to be mission ready. This bill takes very important steps towards that goal. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support it, and I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1320”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Now, more than ever, we need these experts at the State Department in Washington and at our posts around the world. Without them, American national security remains at risk. While I am grateful that the House Foreign Affairs Committee worked on this bipartisan legislation, key provisions were not included that I believe would have made the bill much stronger. This includes an important provision that would have provided Congress with oversight over the reduction in force orders from July 2025. Many of my Republican colleagues have spent the last 2 years supporting RIFs, so I remain shocked that they would reject efforts to showcase that the data that supposedly justified the RIFs they rubberstamped.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Whether in a war zone, humanitarian crisis, or emergency evacuation, American citizens rely on the expertise and determination of these public servants to ensure they remain safe, represented, and, if needed, supported in navigating challenges abroad and returning home safely. That is why I am pleased that this legislation was the result of bipartisan work and serious engagement with stakeholders, including the American Foreign Service Association, The American Academy of Diplomacy, retired diplomats, and other experts. Our objective was to ensure that our Foreign Service officers have the tools to navigate the complex national security and economic matters they face today and those they need to confront future challenges.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 9086, the Foreign Service Modernization Act, as amended. As vice ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I was proud to work alongside my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on this important legislation, which will help equip our diplomats at the State Department with the skills and knowledge they need to advance U.S. interests and values around the world. In the midst of the world's most challenging crises, our Nation's diplomats get up every morning and risk their lives on behalf of the American people. They are often the unsung heroes in our national security workforce. The core of their mission is preventing the worst-case scenario from unfolding. It is a mission that comes with little recognition or medals.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“We don't need to cede more power to ruin alliances, raise prices, and make deals that make his family richer and richer. We already passed the Ukraine Support Act, a thoughtful bill that both supported Ukraine and sanctioned Russia. That is the kind of legislation we need to punish Putin, stand with Ukraine, and protect families. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“That means it is: power to hike prices on Americans with more erratic tariffs; power to hurt economic growth with more erratic tariffs; and power to further destroy our alliances with more erratic tariffs. Trump already thinks he has power to impose tariffs on anyone and everything. On so-called liberation day, he hiked illegal tariffs worldwide, including on a remote island of penguins. Where is the one place he didn't tariff? It is Russia. That irony is not lost on me and the Rhode Islanders know who pays for Trump's tariffs: We do. The last thing Rhode Islanders need is another Trump tariff driving up the cost of groceries, energy, and everyday goods. We can stand with Ukraine without giving President Trump another weapon to raise prices on American families.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Russia invaded Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is waging an illegal war against a democratic nation. Russia should be sanctioned, and Ukraine should be supported, but this bill is not the way to do it. President Trump already can sanction Russia and the companies, individuals, and vessels funding Putin's war machine. He has chosen not to use that authority, so that means he has had ample opportunity to support Ukraine, but he chooses not to. In fact, the sanctions in this bill before us can still be waived by the President whenever he wants. What this bill does is give Trump sweeping new power to impose tariffs.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“They stood up because they knew that workers deserved better, but they were met with violence by the authorities, leading to the deaths of several workers in Saylesville and Woonsocket. Now, building on that legacy, I stand with Rhode Island workers and workers across our country to keep fighting for good jobs, fair wages, safe workplaces, and the right to organize. We are stronger when we represent the dignity of those who make this Nation strong. ____________________”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, as Americans enjoy Labor Day weekend, let us reflect on the origin of this holiday: working people's fight for fairness. That fight runs deep in Rhode Island. In 1824, at Old Slater Mill in Pawtucket, workers led the first industrial strike in history, demanding fair pay and better conditions. More than a century later, thousands of Rhode Island textile workers walked off the job in the 1934 general textile strike.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Now, that good will is gone because Trump threw that promise into the wood chipper. Our allies are left wondering whether they can trust us. Our adversaries are filling the vacuum. Families are burying children who might have lived. Mr. Speaker, as we look to the future, let's be clear about what we must do. We must rebuild American foreign assistance, restore American leadership, hold accountable those who recklessly dismantle these programs, and remember every single life that was lost. Abdullahi was not a number, Mohammed was not a statistic, and Gbessy will not be forgotten. They were children. They were loved. They should be with us today. {time} 1900”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Cuts to USAID disease monitoring and prevention systems leave Americans at greater risk of disease. As the COVID-19 pandemic clearly showed us, disease does not care about borders. Eliminating global health programs puts us at greater risk of a future pandemic. American security on the world stage is suffering, too, as Trump backs away from our strongest soft power tool: helping others. American taxpayers lost the return on an investment that made our country safer and stronger. Our foreign assistance was never charity. It was about American leadership, security, and workers producing food, medicine, and lifesaving technology. It told the world something powerful: When America gives its word, America keeps it. As the USAID logo reminded the world, it was from the American people.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“foreign assistance programs. We are seeing the consequences in Nepal, where deaths have risen after Trump's cuts to lifesaving maternal health programs. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cuts to USAID-funded disease-detection systems delayed detection and response to the Ebola outbreak. It is now the worst outbreak on record, with nearly 3,000 people dead and over 6,000 confirmed cases. Make no mistake, America is paying a price, too. Shuttering USAID eliminated more than 23,000 American jobs. American farmers and manufacturers who supply food products to USAID were left struggling. From peanut farmers in Texas to sugar farmers in Florida, to American longshoremen moving food through our ports to manufacturers in my home State of Rhode Island, Trump's cuts left wounds across the country.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Abdullahi Ibrahim was 10 years old when USAID-supported asthma treatment disappeared from his clinic in Nigeria. His family could no longer afford his medication. He suffered a fatal asthma attack. Mohammed Hashim was 2 years old. When food assistance disappeared from his refugee camp in Myanmar, he died of starvation. Gbessy Kiadu was only a 1-year-old. He died of malaria after clinics in western Liberia ran out of malaria medication because of USAID cuts. These are not just statistics. These are children. They had parents, dreams, and full lives ahead of them. Today, the warning signs are flashing that if these cuts continue, hundreds of thousands of additional children could die every year. Abdullahi, Mohammed, and Gbessy are three of the more than 700,000 no longer with us because of Trump's choice to close USAID and decimate U.S.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, 19 months ago, President Trump took an axe to our foreign assistance, illegally freezing aid and demolishing the United States Agency for International Development. Thirteen days later, he ranted that USAID was ``run by a bunch of radical lunatics.'' The very next day, Elon Musk bragged that DOGE had ``spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper.'' Well, the chips fell, and kids died. When I asked Secretary Rubio about the consequences, he told me: No children are dying on my watch. A year later, the hatchet men were still lying. Children are still dying. Elon Musk recently proclaimed that he cannot cite a single name of someone who died because of aid cuts. Just because Elon can't name one of the 700,000 people killed by his cruelty doesn't mean they didn't exist. We know their names.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Across my district, I have spoken with food pantry leaders seeing rising demand. I have heard from Rhode Islanders struggling to feed a family on $90 a month in SNAP benefits. In the wealthiest country in the world, no one should have to worry about putting food on the table. We can do better than Trump's foreign wars and putting billionaires over the welfare of working people. ____________________”
House of Representatives23 July 2026Source ↗
“I urge every Member to vote ``no'' on this latest bad budget.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“The billions in defense funding that Republicans claim is necessary for Trump's choice to wage the illegal Iran war depleted our stockpiles, and the only necessary action that my constituents are imploring Republicans to take, lowering costs for the American people, is completely missing from this failing effort. Republicans are running up billions of dollars on America's credit card so that they can send our servicemembers to fight another forever war in the Middle East. They are working to pass a voter suppression bill that won't secure our elections but will make it harder for Americans to vote. My Republican colleagues tell Americans that they are working for them. The American people are smarter than that. They know what Republicans are doing, and they will not forgive them for what they have done.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Chairman, is this Groundhog Day? We must be stuck in some kind of infinite time loop because Republicans are trying to ram through a third unpopular, deficit-busting resolution that does nothing to lower costs for Americans. This is on top of cuts to healthcare and their continued investments in cruelty. Unfortunately, this is actually happening. Republicans are trying to pass another bad budget, and all this for the farm aid that Republicans are touting as necessary because Trump's illegal war in Iran and chaotic tariffs jacked up costs for farmers.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it. Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.”
House of Representatives15 July 2026Source ↗
“Disease prevention and surveillance at home and abroad protect American families. Infectious diseases do not stop at borders. We are safest when we work with partners around the world to detect outbreaks early, share information, and respond before disease reaches our borders. Mr. Chair, I include in the Record the text of my amendment. Mr. Amo moves to recommit the bill H.R. 8595 to the Committee on Appropriations with the following amendment: On page 212, strike lines 10 through 17.”
House of Representatives15 July 2026Source ↗
“Public health officials are still working to identify the source of the outbreak. They are facing an uphill battle thanks to Trump and Republicans' deep cuts to the CDC's public health workforce and the program that monitors foodborne illness. The cause and effect is clear. When Republicans slash public health funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick. For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee. If the House rules permitted, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. My amendment would strike provisions that prohibit U.S. participation in international public health efforts through the World Health Organization and the pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response accord.”
House of Representatives15 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 8595. This disastrous bill doesn't just turn America's back on the world. It makes Americans less safe and more vulnerable to disease. An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has taken more than 700 lives and infected more than 1,900 people. American citizens have already been infected, and the outbreak will spread if we fail to contain it. Republicans' solution? Ban the United States from supporting the World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the Ebola outbreak. The story of outbreaks fueled by Republican shortsighted cuts does not end there. Here at home, we are responding to a growing cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30 States, with thousands more cases under investigation.”
House of Representatives15 July 2026Source ↗
“Edesia supports domestic peanut farmers, creates jobs, and helps distribute the only proven treatment for acute malnutrition and famine. To date, Edesia's products have saved over 26 million lives around the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Speaker, as the son of West African immigrants, it means the world that America shows up in this way, in this important way, for the vulnerable. Now, more than ever, we should be investing in Edesia's work, not stripping them of funding. That is why I will be relentless in sounding the alarm and pushing Trump to release the remaining funds that Edesia is owed. I will continue to fight so that Edesia's programs receive the funding they desperately need in fiscal year 2026. The stakes are literally life and death for millions of children, mothers, and vulnerable populations across the world.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Today, I join President Ruggerio's friends, family, staff, and colleagues who will carry the torch that he lit and ensure that his legacy shines a light for generations to come. Supporting Edesia Nutrition Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, today, I also rise in support of the lifesaving producer of humanitarian aid, Rhode Island's own nonprofit, Edesia Nutrition. Since coming to Congress, I have been proud to advocate for Edesia in hearing after hearing as vice ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. I have joined over 200 of my Democratic colleagues in an amicus brief to push back on Trump's and Elon Musk's unlawful destruction of USAID, and I have led bipartisan appropriations letters to support funding for Edesia's work. Why? Because it reflects the best of America's values.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“From infrastructure to the environment, labor protections and more, he fought for the places and people who make the Ocean State great, hardworking people, like my mom who worked for years as an SEIU nurse in Rhode Island nursing homes. Every time our paths crossed, he would remind me how, with enough hard work, grit, and determination, that anything is possible, even my own story. He loved our State, and he loved our Rhode Island State House. Throughout his tenure, he mentored so many legislators, countless legislators, regardless of the aisle they sat on. His passing last week, after a lengthy battle with cancer, is both a profound loss for our community and for our State. Earlier this week, we came together at St. Anthony Church in North Providence to remember this beloved icon in Rhode Island history.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Rhode Island's late, great, senate president, Dominick Ruggerio. Mr. Speaker, ``Donny,'' as he was referred to by those who knew him best, was a ``force'' to be reckoned with, a ``forza,'' as his Italian loved ones would say. For over 40 years as a State legislator for North Providence, a jewel of the First Congressional District, President Ruggerio served as champion for all Rhode Islanders.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Recently, I visited a Head Start provider in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, to hear from those who rely on the great program. I met with Savanna, who told me that Head Start is how she provided her children with safety, stability, and education after years of struggling. Head Start helps families like Savanna's break the cycle of trauma, fostering resilience and creating lasting change. Mr. Speaker, let's choose a better path for our vulnerable neighbors. Let's protect Head Start. ____________________”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, across the country, Head Start lives up to its name. It provides quality early childhood education so that working- class families can get ahead. However, right now, Head Start is under attack from Donald Trump and Republicans in this Chamber. They froze program funds, closed regional offices, and forced mass layoffs of those who administer Head Start. Worse still, Republican budget proposals open the door to hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Head Start.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“It is not fear-mongering to say that Republicans' plans would hurt Al to prop up billionaires. I will be voting ``no'' for the middle class, for families, for seniors, and for folks like Al.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Republicans refuse to listen. They refused in February when they spiked my amendments to support Medicaid and SNAP, and they refused again today. This is despite the pleas of Americans protesting Donald Trump and Republicans' plan to steal their healthcare and let kids go hungry and despite the overwhelming majority crying out for everyday Americans over the whims of billionaires. Clearly, Republicans don't care about the facts or figures. Maybe they will listen to my constituent Al. Al is a 74-year-old resident of an assisted living facility in East Providence. He is petrified of Republican cuts that will force him onto the street. Al needs Medicare and Medicaid to make ends meet. Even with assistance, he lives on $120 a month. That is $30 a week.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I rise today because something is rotten in the state of our government. Over the past 50 days, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE have willfully spread chaos and confusion inside Federal agencies. They have gleefully fired thousands of employees. By taking out their chain saw and cutting down to the bone, this Republican administration is maliciously hurting the American people.”
House of Representatives11 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish a happy 100th birthday to my constituent, Mr. Roger Desjardins. Originally from Cumberland, Rhode Island, Mr. Desjardins served in the 43rd Infantry and saw combat during World War II as a machine gunner. Honorably discharged in 1946, he worked as a pipefitter and a plumber in North Providence before retiring nearly four decades ago. That doesn't mean age has slowed him down.”
House of Representatives23 January 2025Source ↗