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OP ED:  Governor McKee can do better. We hope he does.

5/25/2021

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House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi, House Minority Whip Michael W. Chippendale, State Representative Brian C. Newberry
The IGT/Twin River legislation just passed by the House is a stacked deck against Rhode Island taxpayers. This “deal” overpays these multi-national corporations by $800 Million!

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OP ED:  Why Investing in Zambarano Matters

4/14/2021

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State Representative David Place
Imagine waking up and you cannot feel anything. You try to talk, but there are no words-- only silence. You try to scream, and nothing comes out. The only sound you hear is your own voice, but only inside your head. You look around frantically. What comes into focus are the tubes sticking out of you that are helping you eat and a machine that is helping you breathe. You were in an accident and suffered a major spinal cord injury that has left you paralyzed from the neck down-- unable to speak, hear, eat or breathe on your own. Your mind is intact.  Your body has become your prison.

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Op ED: EMPOWER PARENTS — REMOTE LEARNING ISN’T WORKING

9/15/2020

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​Blake A. Filippi is leader of the Rhode Island House Minority Caucus. Michael W. Chippendale is whip of the caucus.
​Gov. Gina Raimondo is right to push for full in-person learning. Remote-learning largely does not provide an adequate education or the crucial social interaction our children need.

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OP ED: Failing R.I.’s vulnerable children

8/21/2019

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​House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi, House Minority Whip Michael W. Chippendale, State Representative Brian C. Newberry
​If government cannot care for the most vulnerable children, it has little business doing much else. That’s why we were genuinely relieved to learn of the sudden addition of 23 child welfare staff to Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) last week. It was a long overdue step to help protect children — a move we fought for with amendments to the Fiscal Year 2020 budget.

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Op ed: 100 % of RI Legislators should keep their promise to drop RI’s sales tax to 6.5%

6/10/2019

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State Representative George A. Nardone
Rhode Island is stuck and it is becoming harder to retain our resident tax base, let alone maintain and grow programs and services in our stagnant economy. It is time for the .5% sales tax cut that was promised by our legislators in 2011 to be enacted. A ruling last year by the Supreme Court in South Dakota v Wayfair allowing states to impose internet taxes, and the broadening of the line item in the Rhode Island sales tax to include Internet, remote seller and other products and services, has effectively triggered the retrofit as intended in the original legislation. I have submitted House Bill 5854, along with my colleagues Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi and Representative Sherry Roberts, to clarify the language intended in the legislation and spur this much needed relief in our FY20 budget.

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In 1636, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, established the first working model of Democracy after being banished from Massachusetts for his “extreme views” concerning freedom of speech and religion. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams publicly acknowledged Williams as the originator of these concepts, along with the freedom of public assembly, in the First Amendment in the United States Constitution. Today, Rhode Island House Republicans uphold the liberties designed by our Founders and preserved in our Constitution, and are the primary legislative body promoting lean government, fighting for lower taxes, and advocating for initiatives and policies that improve the economy and in turn, the lives of Rhode Islanders.  As members of a part-time assembly, we are small business owners, retired educators, community activists, lawyers, farmers, military service veterans, volunteers, former local officials, retired social workers, coaches, musicians, churchgoers and board directors -- bringing these community engagement and professional experiences to our work, on your behalf, at the Rhode Island State House.

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  • Representatives
    • Michael W. Chippendale
    • David J. Place
    • Sherry Roberts
    • George A. Nardone
    • Robert Quattrocchi
    • Brian C. Newberry
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