Representative Seth Magaziner proudly serves Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District.
Representative Magaziner grew up in Bristol, RI, the most patriotic town in America, and learned the importance of public service from a young age. He started his career as a public school teacher, and served as Rhode Island’s General Treasurer for eight years during which time he spearheaded an initiative to rebuild dozens of school buildings across the state and created new programs to invest in clean energy projects, creating thousands of jobs and lowering costs for ratepayers.
Representative Magaziner ran for Congress to fight for working people and protect the fundamental rights of all Americans. He has introduced bills to lower drug prices, guarantee paid time off for all workers, and invest in career and technical education to provide young people with training for good-paying jobs.
Representative Magaziner is committed to protecting Social Security and Medicare, protecting abortion rights and holding Washington accountable. He co-sponsored legislation to protect Social Security and ensure benefits keep up with the cost of living, and co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act to support a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions regarding abortion. Magaziner also believes elected officials should serve the people, not themselves, and has co-sponsored the bipartisan TRUST in Congress Act to ban lawmakers from trading stocks.
In his short time in Congress, Representative Magaziner has been focused on delivering results for Rhode Islanders and has secured millions of dollars of federal funding for local projects to improve public safety, invest in schools and make Rhode Island a better place to live. Among the many federal grants secured by Magaziner are funding to support the police departments in Cranston and Coventry, rehabilitate public libraries in South Kingstown and Providence, prevent flooding in Johnston and develop the waterfront in East Greenwich.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, Magaziner serves on the Natural Resources Committee and the Committee on Homeland Security, for which he is Ranking Member on the Subcommittee for Counterterrorism, Intelligence and Law Enforcement.
Representative Magaziner is excited to continue fighting for Rhode Island and for working people across our country. He and his wife Julia are the proud parents of rambunctious youngsters Max and Lucy.
Representative Magaziner started his career as a public school teacher. Prior to being elected to Congress in 2022, he served as Rhode Island’s General Treasurer for eight years where he spearheaded an initiative to rebuild school buildings across the state and created new clean energy programs at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, creating thousands of jobs and lowering costs for ratepayers.
Representative Magaziner ran for Congress to fight for working people and protect the fundamental rights of all Americans. He is committed to protecting Social Security and Medicare, lowering the price of prescription drugs, and standing up for fair pay and benefits for workers. Magaziner supports a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions and common-sense gun safety legislation to make communities safer.
As a new parent, Representative Magaziner is working to build a country where everyone has a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like his family did. His grandfathers were both sons of immigrants who grew up in poverty. Despite not having much, when they returned from World War II they were able to find good, middle-class jobs – Grandpa Bob as a steelworker in Worcester and his Grandpa Louis as a bookkeeper at a fruit canning company in New York. With those jobs they bought homes, started families, and put their kids through college. This was the American Dream that was so common a generation ago – the promise that with hard work and perseverance, each generation can build a better life for their kids than they had for themselves.
Representative Magaziner believes we can restore the American Dream and expand it to those communities for whom it was never fully realized. He has spent his career fighting for Rhode Islanders and will continue that fight in Washington.
Magaziner lives in Cranston with his wife Julia and one year old son, Max. He considers himself lucky to represent the best district in America.
