{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/amo-slams-secretary-rubio-for-selling-out-american-values-sacrificing-workers-at-home-and-starving-kids-abroad", "Amo Slams Secretary Rubio for Selling Out American Values, Sacrificing Workers at Home, and Starving Kids Abroad", "2026-06-03", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Gabe Amo", "A000380", "amo.house.gov", "amo", "https://amo.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 TODAY, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) blasted Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s dismantling of U.S. foreign assistance programs, including the shuttering of USAID in a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing. Amo highlighted the damage to American workers, U.S. national security interests, weakened alliances, and hundreds of thousands of lives lost for vulnerable communities around the world.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s strength has never come solely from our might. It comes from our alliances, our credibility, and our values,\u201d said Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI). \u201cWhether through negligence or ideology, the result of the Trump Administration\u2019s harmful actions are the same: weaker alliances, higher grocery and gas prices caused by an illegal war, more than 500,000 dead children worldwide, and a less secure America.\u201d\n\nWatch Congressman Amo\u2019s full remarks HERE.\n\nBackground\n\nAmo has been working to hold Rubio accountable to solve State Department administrative problems that threaten American jobs and prevent life-saving aid from reaching starving children for months.\n\nAmo led a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee for FY27 requesting robust funding for the production and distribution of American-made RUTF and to fund cost-effective and evidence-based nutrition interventions.\n\nIn February,Amo introduced the Strengthening Uniform Procedures to Prevent Loss, Incineration, and Expiration of Supplies (SUPPLIES) Act, legislation to block President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s reckless destruction of unused, taxpayer-funded foreign aid when contracts expire.\n\nOn May 21, 2025, Amo questioned Secretary Rubio about the ready-to-use therapeutic food aid program, which was affected by the Department\u2019s work stoppage orders and disorganization. In the hearing, Rubio confirmed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) produced by Rhode Island's Edesia Nutrition is lifesaving aid, and Amo pressed the Secretary to do everything to keep starving children from dying. Rubio said \u201cNo children are dying on my watch.\u201d\n\nOn May 21, 2025, Amo introduced the Reaffirming Unified Boundaries for Integrity and Oversight (R.U.B.I.O.) Act, legislation to ensure that the Secretary of State only serves as Secretary of State and no other position in the federal government.\n\nOn January 31, 2025, Amo asked Secretary Rubio for information on the impact of the Trump administration's unilateral pause on foreign aid on the production and delivery of Rhode Island-made RUTFs. Amo called out Secretary Rubio for missing the February 7 deadline to clarify foreign aid distribution.\n\nOn February 25, 2025, Amo sent a letter to Secretary Rubio asking for Edesia Nutrition\u2019s funding to be released.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T06:16:17Z", "2026-06-27T06:17:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/amo-slams-secretary-rubio-for-selling-out-american-values-sacrificing-workers-at-home-and-starving-kids-abroad"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9526857174932957, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}