CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — When U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer came to watch firefighters train at the Cranston Fire Department, the doors to the garage were shut.

"Ask the firefighters," a member of Chavez-DeRemer's motorcade said after the doors closed.

Chavez-DeRemer was in Rhode Island as part of a nationwide listening tour. On Thursday, she met with union leaders and firefighters as they discussed issues like low staffing levels within the department.

But her visit was criticized by Rhode Island congressional members, because it came nearly a week since the Trump administration halted Revolution Wind.

"The Trump administration's reckless decision to halt work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project is a betrayal of the Ocean State trade workers who have prepared for

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