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Statement of Alderman Lamont Westmoreland November 6, 2023

STATE HOUSE – Rep. Susan R. Donovan is sponsoring legislation that would require packaging for all cannabis products sold in Rhode Island to use packaging that is child- and tamper-resistant, and...

The legislation would ban intentional, simultaneous releases of 10 or more balloons into the air. All released balloons, including those falsely marketed as biodegradable, end up as litter on our waterways and landscapes. Animals, attracted by their vibrant colors and shapes, mistake them for food, causing injury or death to countless sea and land creatures each year. Balloons are also a nuisance to commercial fishermen and can even cause power outages when they tangle with power lines. Accordi...

Of wheaton, illinois just outside of chicago. your thoughts as you hear representative donovan, pete king from the high-tax state of new york. they cant vote for this. >> god bless them. they didnt vote for the bill as it came out of the house. i come to a different conclusion. if you look at this bill it offers tax relief for everybody down through all of the tax brackets. in my area that you grew up in its a high-tax area. the general assembly jammed through a big tax hike in the middle of the...

Treasury over there as well as you know, but why is an international security interest to keep tens of thousands of haitians here? i dont understand that at all. >> because to destabilize haiti and thats why youve got republicans joining democrats just today, representative donovan, chair of the emergency preparedness subcommittee of homeland security, a republican came out for this saying it would hurt the u.s. economy and destabilize haiti, destabilizing haiti is no good because youve got a hi...

American dollars flow to it. weve sent billions from the treasury over there as well as you know, but why is an international security interest to keep tens of thousands of haitians here? i dont understand that at all. >> because to destabilize haiti and thats why youve got republicans joining democrats just today, representative donovan, chair of the emergency preparedness subcommittee of homeland security, a republican came out for this saying it would hurt the u.s. economy and destabilize hai...

Support whatever is decided upon at this particular point? >> i think well scrutinize what the president lays out tonight. >> you understand what im saying, congressman? right now im not speaking as a journalist but as an american citizen. were tired of all of the politics at play. if theres plan on the table and you cry for the president to put out a plan, are you guys going to get together and make sure that plan is implemented and support changes that need to be made along the way. >> if he c...