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PROVIDENCE — The US Agency for International Development will use $200 million in federal funds to ramp up production of a peanut-based paste made in Rhode Island and deliver it to starving children in places such Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia.

Congressman Gabe Amo sat down with us for a quick recap of his first four months in Congress. “I’m in awe every day of the institution, the history, and the responsibility,” he explains.

WASHINGTON — Military and humanitarian aid could be on its way to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan within weeks after the U.S. House took a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes Saturday to approve $95 billion in emergency assistance — and the Senate appeared poised to agree.

He emerged from a crowded field of candidates to win a special election in Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. And with the victory, he gained power and recognition as a household name in political circles almost overnight.

PROVIDENCE – The city of Newport’s efforts to fix the Cliff Walk section that collapsed more than two years ago are getting a federal funding boost. Along with a city contribution, the federal support should be enough to fully repair and reopen that stretch.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is getting more than $16 million in federal funding to repair the iconic Cliff Walk in Newport.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) — On Monday, Congressmen Gabe Amo, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced that Rhode Island has been allocated over $16 million in federal funds to strengthen Newport’s Cliff Walk.

PROVIDENCE – The state is expected to receive more than $32 million in federal funding to support 29 community projects across Rhode Island, including repairs to an iconic oceanside attraction in Newport.