Rhode Island Open Letters

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect the Roadless Rule: Oppose S. 140 Repeal

I am writing as a constituent to ask you to act on both the administrative and legislative threats to the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. USDA has proposed rescinding the national Roadless Rule through Docket FS-2025-0001, RIN 0596-AD66. At the same time, the Senate Energy and Natural Resource

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Do Not Enact CORCA Without Enforceable Privacy and Civil-Liberties Protections

I ask you to condition any support for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, H.R. 2853, S. 1404, or its proposed incorporation into the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, on enforceable privacy and civil-liberties protections. Organized cargo theft and coordinated criminal enterprises wa

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Oppose Executive Order 14416 and Defend Smithsonian Independence

I am writing to express my profound disdain for President Trump’s manufactured controversy concerning the Smithsonian Institution. Executive Order 14416 does not represent a good-faith effort to improve historical accuracy. The administration commissioned a politically framed report, adopted that re

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect Bison Restoration on Federal Public Lands

I am writing as a Rhode Island constituent to respectfully request that you oppose the Department of the Interior’s efforts to impose restrictions on conservation-oriented bison grazing on federal public lands. On May 8, 2026, the Bureau of Land Management rescinded the authorization granted to Ame

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect Big Bend National Park Border Construction and Reform REALID Waiver

I am writing to urge Congress to act immediately to prevent irreversible damage to Big Bend National Park and the surrounding Big Bend region from border-barrier, road, and surveillance construction. Heavy equipment has now entered Big Bend National Park, and land disturbance and vegetation removal

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect Federal EEO Workforce Reporting - RIN 3046-AB37

I respectfully ask Congress to intervene through oversight and formal comment regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proposed rule, “Removal of Reporting Requirements,” RIN 3046-AB37, which would eliminate the active EEO-1, EEO-3, EEO-4, and EEO-5 workforce reporting systems. Commen

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Performance Standards Make Head Start a National Program

I have submitted a comment on the federal register. I also want your office to be aware of how vociferously I oppose key provisions of the proposed rule because they would remove or weaken Head Start Program Performance Standards in a manner inconsistent with the Secretary’s statutory obligation und

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect Grizzly Bears and Preserve Federal Endangered Species Act Authority

I urge Congress to defend federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for grizzly bears and conduct immediate oversight of the Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding proposed changes to lower-48 grizzly management under §4(d) of the ESA. The federal government

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protect Innovation, Education, & Constitutional Rights from 3D Printer Mandates

I urge you to introduce and support federal legislation preempting state laws like California’s AB 2047, which would regulate general-purpose 3D printers through mandates that are technically unworkable, constitutionally suspect, and harmful to interstate commerce, education, and American innovation

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Protecting Constitutional Checks and Balances

As your constituent, I ask you to publicly affirm Rhode Island’s longstanding commitment to constitutional government by encouraging our state’s congressional delegation to defend Congress’s authority under Article I of the United States Constitution. Regardless of political affiliation, Americans

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Defending Constitutional Checks and Balances and Rhode Island’s Interests

I write as a Rhode Island resident to respectfully ask that you use the authority of your office to defend the constitutional principles of separation of powers and federalism in response to Executive Order 14399 if, after careful legal review, you determine that it exceeds the authority granted to

From a constituent in Warwick, RI

Stop EO 14399

I am writing as a concerned American citizen to urge Congress to exercise its full constitutional authority to prevent the practical implementation of Executive Order 14399 if you determine that it exceeds the authority granted to the Executive Branch or conflicts with federal law. The Constitution