RI House of Representatives - House Minority Office - GOP

09/11/2026

We honor and remember.

The RI House Minority Caucus
Leader Michael Chippendale
David J Place
Representative Brian C. Newberry
RI Representative George Nardone District 28 Coventry
Robert Quattrocchi
Sherry Roberts
Representative Richard Fascia
Chris Paplauskas
Representative Marie Hopkins
Paul Santucci

09/09/2026

Today is Primary Day in Rhode Island. Please get out and vote for accountability, vision and constitutional freedom in the Ocean State. Our businesses, energy supply/costs, schools, infrastructure, healthcare, constitutional rights, and affordable housing depend on it.

09/07/2026

"Without labor nothing prospers."
Sophocles

The RI House Republican Caucus
Leader Michael Chippendale
David J Place
Representative Brian C. Newberry
RI Representative George Nardone District 28 Coventry
Robert Quattrocchi
Sherry Roberts
Richard Fascia
Chris Paplauskas
Representative Marie Hopkins
Paul Santucci
Representative Richard Fascia

08/17/2026

WPRI 12 Eli Sherman - WPRI : Bally’s Corp., the Providence-based casino operator that runs Rhode Island’s two casinos, saw its stock price tumble after telling regulators there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating over the next year.

The regulatory warning appeared in a quarterly report filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company reported it does not expect to meet the liquidity requirements attached to a temporary waiver its lenders granted in May on a debt covenant.

“This smells like another crisis that we’ll feverishly be working to triage in the beginning of next year’s session — if not sooner,” Leader Michael Chippendale added.

Bally’s Corp., the Providence-based casino operator, runs Rhode Island’s two casinos.

08/10/2026

In Remembrance

The RI House Minority Caucus

Leader Michael Chippendale
David J Place
Representative Brian C. Newberry
RI Representative George Nardone District 28 Coventry
Robert Quattrocchi
Sherry Roberts
Representative Richard Fascia
Chris Paplauskas
Marie Hopkins
Paul Santucci

07/31/2026

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” Abraham Lincoln

2026 Intern Appreciation:
Rebecca Davis, Bella Garces, Jacob Silva and Kamryn Lindsey~

Your exceptional work speaks volumes. Thank you for choosing to share your talents with us in the RI House Minority Office.

07/30/2026

From Leader Michael Chippendale:
I was asked to submit a contribution to a partisan newsletter. My submission received an unprecedented number of reads, and shares, and I've had Democratic colleagues and friends alike who've read it, urge me to spread the message as far as I can. To that end I offer this piece. For those who find anything here to be unbelievable, or inappropriate - I ask you to directly challenge me publicly so that I can respond.

07/24/2026

Yesterday, Leader Michael Chippendale joined Gene Valicenti
to discuss election integrity in RI in the wake of New Jersey's discrepancies with the same voting software used here in the Ocean State.

Leader Chippendale announced that he will be introducing legislation in the 2027 session, working with the Secretary of State's Office, to ensure drivers licenses for ineligible voters has a flag activated at polling locations.

Please take a moment to watch this conversation on “Gene Off Script” (Coastal ABC):

House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale joined “Gene Off Script” ...

07/23/2026

Today RI House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale and Tara Granahan Wpro discussed election integrity in RI.

Leader Chippendale publicly called for an investigation into the state’s voting rolls, urging RI Secretary of State Gregg Amore to cooperate with federal authorities to ensure absolute election integrity ahead of the 2026 cycle.

Chippendale addressed the ongoing dispute between state officials and the federal government regarding access to voter data. While acknowledging that there is currently no evidence of nefarious activity, Chippendale argued that taking proactive measures is a matter of institutional prudence, and that the argument to not share "sensitive RI voter data" with the feds is ridiculous given that they already possess social security, Medicare and Medicaid data.

"It would only be prudent that if we learn a vendor used by our state has been compromised in some extent somewhere else, that we ensure it's not happening to us."

Please take a moment to listen in:

House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale has publicly called for an investigation into the state’s voting rolls, urging Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore to cooperate with federal authorities to ensure absolute election integrity ahead of th

07/22/2026

In case you missed yesterday's inaugural meeting of the RI Inspector General Independent Advisory Commission, please take a moment to view, below.

Leader Michael Chippendale and RI Representative George Nardone District 28 Coventry worked with Will Fletcher, President of the Association of Inspectors General over the years to help create our OIG legislation and to secure professional testimony in support of this good government position, which is definitely needed given our costly missteps over the past few years (Washington Bridge, Deloitte, RIBridges data breach, truck tolls, medicaid reporting, to name a few). Will offered thoughtful commentary in regard to Inspector General qualifications.

Inspector General Independent Advisory Commission: 7-21-2026