Senator Reed is Standing Up for Rhode Island Against President Trump’s Executive Overreach, Including:
• Rebuked President Trump’s freeze of federal funding. Watch.
• Led the fight against attempts to delay funding to rebuild the Washington Bridge. Read the RI Delegation’s letter.
• Opposed interruptions of National Science Foundation (NSF) funding that supports cutting-edge scientific research. Read this letter.
• Demanded President Trump release Head Start funding. See the letter.
• Called on Republicans to hold hearings on DOGE’s access to American’s private information and our government’s most sensitive computer systems. Read the letter.
• Demanded DOGE be denied access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government systems that contain information about veterans. Read the letter.
• Demanded more information about the Trump Administration’s plan to lower the cost of eggs.
• Called out efforts to suspend activities at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and stop enforcement of key protections for servicemembers, veterans, and their families. Read the letter.
• Led the opposition to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and won the highest number of Republicans to oppose a Trump nominee. Watch my opening statement and questioning of Mr. Hegseth during his confirmation hearing.
• Joined Senators in ‘holding the floor’ for 30 hours against OMB Director Russell Vought’s nomination. Watch.
• Opposed Trump’s Attorney General, Treasury, EPA, Energy, DHS, Health, VA, DNI, & CIA nominees.
• Led all 47 Senate Democrats in demanding that GOP Senate and House leadership reject any proposals that would cut Medicaid. Read more.
• Demanded President Trump immediately exempt the VA from his federal hiring freeze. Read the letter.
• Spoke out against President Trump’s pardons and commutations for more than 1,500 participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read my statement and learn about the resolution I cosponsored.
• Fought President Trump’s Friday night Inspector General purge.
• Called out Trump’s deceptive & illegal federal worker buy-out plan.
• Questioned legality & consequences of Trump’s effort to break the civil service.
• Fought illegal attempts to destroy the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Read the letter and see the resolution I cosponsored.
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