Since Rep. Blazejewski became Majority Leader, RI has had the best years for the environment ever.
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With boldest clean energy standard in the nation and state funding for tuition-free community college, RI trains workers for green jobs on wind farms.
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Environmental advocates in Rhode Island are applauding what they say was an especially successful recent legislative session. Rep. Blazejewski helped pass new legislation promoting clean energy, increasing drinking water monitoring, […]
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“It’s often said that budgets are a statement of values,” Blazejewski said. “This budget is more than a statement. It delivers real results for Rhode Islanders and smartly uses federal rescue funds to make long-term investments in our future.”
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Rep. Blazejewski championed bill that establishes “most aggressive plan to ramp up renewable energy of any state in the nation.”
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Rhode Island lawmakers allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a permit to drive an automobile, the culmination of a two-decade campaign to support undocumented drivers and make our roads safer for all.
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Blazejewski said he was in high school when the school shooting took place in Columbine, Colorado. “That day, in 1999, shook the country, but it did not stop the violence,” he said. “Horrifyingly, mass shootings in the United States have gotten more frequent and more deadly.”
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‘We have had the best year ever regarding environmental legislation, and we do not want to take a step backward,’ House leaders say of Senate bill that would incentivize burning plastics.
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Rep. Blazejewski proud to work with Rep. Felix and advocates on nation’s most progressive cannabis legalization.
“The magnitude of the cannabis legislation, specifically the state-initiated expungement piece, is without equal,” said Representative Leonela Felix (Democrat, District 61, Pawtucket), who took the lead on ensuring that the bill was amended to include automatic expungement.
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Democratic-led House votes 52 to 13 for the Let RI Vote Act while rejecting amendments proposed by Republicans.
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