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RI HOUSE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE SHERRY ROBERTS RECIPIENT OF 2019 RI FARM BUREAU LEGISLATIVE AWARD

12/12/2019

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State House, Providence, RI – The Rhode Island Farm Bureau presented Rhode Island House Republican Deputy Whip Sherry Roberts with the 2019 Legislative Award at the Annual Meeting.
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The Rhode Island Farm Bureau Legislative Award, is presented to a nominee who has a record of achievement in preserving individual and constitutional freedoms. The 2019 award honored Roberts for her impressive voting history of promoting and defending those freedoms during both the 2018 and 2019 legislative sessions.
 
In 2019, Roberts was the #1 ranked and highest scoring member in the entire 113-person General Assembly on the RI Freedom and Prosperity Center’s annual Freedom Index and Legislator Scorecard.  In 2018, Roberts was the highest scoring member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.  Many of those liberties identified by the Center, and that Roberts voted to uphold, directly impact the Rhode Island farming community.
 
“On behalf of President Henry B. Wright, III and the members of the Board of Directors, the RIFB is pleased to provide this opportunity to recognize Representative Roberts for her legislative voting record,” said Heidi Quinn, Rhode Island Farm Bureau Executive Director. “Her legislative stance aligns closely with RIFB policy, especially regarding the right-to-farm, property rights and personal freedoms.”
 
“I am truly honored to be a recognized by the RI Farm Bureau of this distinction,” said Roberts.  “Thank you to Bureau President Henry Wright III and the Board of Directors for recognizing my legislative contributions and voting record.”

“Many hours of hard work goes into researching policies and verifying the impacts hundreds of submitted bills have on taxpayers across Rhode Island --and especially my neighbors and the constituents in my district,” said Roberts. “My voice, and the voices of my legislative colleagues in the Rhode Island House Republican Caucus, are important.  The number of bills we encounter on Smith Hill that erode our liberties is on the rise and we need to be steadfast in our resolve to debate these issues.”

“We offer fact-based rebuttal and common sense solutions to combat the special interests and to counter the knee-jerk legislation submitted year after year,” said Roberts. “It is incumbent on us, as your representatives, to make sure that our government provides efficient services, offers transparency, and that we call out bad legislation when we see it.”

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​The Rhode Island House of Representatives Minority Caucus (Republican) is comprised of the following elected members representing constituents who live in the following districts throughout the Ocean State:  Minority Leader, Blake Filippi, District 36 (Charlestown, South Kingstown, Westerly, New Shoreham); Minority Whip, Michael Chippendale, District 40 (Foster, Glocester, Coventry); Representative John Lyle, Jr., District 46 (Lincoln, Pawtucket); Representative George Nardone, District 28 (Coventry); Representative Brian Newberry, District 48 (North Smithfield, Burrillville);  Representative David Place, District 47 (Burrillville, Glocester); Senior Deputy Minority Leader Justin Price, District 39 (Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond); Deputy Minority Leader Robert Quattrocchi, District 41 (Scituate, Cranston); Deputy Whip Sherry Roberts, District 29 (Coventry, West Greenwich).
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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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