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Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus mourns the passing of Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ+ activist and leader who passed away last night. Vaid served in several roles at the National LGBTQ Task Force, including as its Executive Director from 1989-1992. Vaid also held roles at the ACLU National Prison Project, the Ford Foundation, and the Arcus Foundation, among other organizations. In 2012, she launched LPAC, the first lesbian super PAC, and she also served as President of the Vaid Group LLC.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) today voted to pass the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022, legislation that will provide needed resources to local organizations working to reduce poverty in Rhode Island and across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) today took to the House Floor to implore his colleagues to act to hold companies accountable for taking advantage of the American people as the country recovers from an unprecedented pandemic.
The Congressman argued, “[T]his is about corporate greed, about people taking advantage of this moment as the American people are recovering from a very difficult couple of years. We should not, in addition to that, allow them to be victims of this kind of price gouging. We have the ability to do something about it. We have bills that I hope we’ll bring to the Floor, return what was improperly taken from consumers at the gas pump – return it back to them.”
