La Representante estatal Deb Ruggiero participa en la serie de entrevistas El Candidato Responde en Poder 102.1 FMDeb Ruggiero aspira a ser electa Vicegobernadora de Rhode Island.Para mas informacion sobre Deb Ruggiero seleccione el link de su campaña:https://debruggiero.com/Representative Deborah RuggieroChairwoman, House Committee on Innovation, Internet and Technology Member, House Finance CommitteeRepresentative Deborah Ruggiero (D) has served the residents of Jamestown and Middletown in District 74 since first being elected in November 2008. She is the chair of the House Innovation, Internet and Technology Committee; she has been a member of the House Finance Committee for 8 years framing the state budget.Representative Ruggiero is the chairwoman of the House Committee on Innovation, Internet, and Technology. She is also the chairperson of a legislative commission that is studying the possible reorganization of the Coastal Resources Management Council as a result of legislation she sponsored in 2021.   She has also chaired the House Committee on Small Business.The cornerstone of her legislative career has been the 4 E’s – Economy, Education, Environment, and our Elders.Representative Ruggiero has championed legislation improving home care for older citizens, assisting the agricultural and seafood communities,   expanding renewable energy opportunities, and supporting economic development at Rhode Island’s ports. She co-chaired the Joint Port Facilities Study Commission, which developed several recommendations to help the state’s economy.She co-chaired the task force that studied the nexus of mental health laws and gun rights following the Newtown, Conn., school shooting and sponsored the resulting law requiring Rhode Island to submit more data to the national database used to screen gun purchases.She was the sponsor of the Safe Schools Act, Rhode Island’s anti-bullying law. She also sponsored legislation to remove regulations on small businesses.As chairperson of the Small Business Renewable Energy Commission, she helped enact several comprehensive renewable energy laws to help reduce dependency on fossil fuels. She has been a leader in sponsoring numerous renewable energy laws, including several encouraging distributed generation that promote good economic and environmental policy. She sponsored the legislation creating the