Rhode Second District U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner said he hopes President Biden uses his State of the Union address Tuesday night to highlight work done by his administration.
While Magaziner said it’s legitimate for some Democrats to feel unenthused about another presidential run by Biden, he added, the president deserves credit for notching achievements with a narrowly divided Congress. Magaziner points in part to the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS Act, and the strengthening of NATO in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Second, I hope the president will use this opportunity to lay out the vision for how we go further,” Magaziner said, and how we tackle inflation, how we continue this economic momentum that we’ve enjoyed the last couple of years and do it through a lens of really delivering for working people, not just the special interests that hold too much sway in Washington, DC.
Magaziner, a Democrat, defeated Republican Allan Fung last November in the race to succeed departing U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin.
Magaziner is bringing as his State of the Union guest NFL star Kwity Paye, who grew up in Providence and graduated from Bishop Hendricken High School after his family fled war-torn Liberia.
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline’s guest is Andrew Cortes, founder and executive director of the construction apprenticeship program Building Futures.
U.S. Sen Jack Reed’s guest is Lucy Rios, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, while U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is bringing Vance Scullin, a Gulf War veteran from Woonsocket.
Ian Donnis can be reached at idonnis@ripr..org
