News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to make more homes energy efficient and help residents save on their utility bills, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) teamed up to re-introduce the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to give prospective homebuyers more control over their personal information, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) reintroduced the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act to dramatically reduce spam calls,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Trump Administration is withholding tens of millions of dollars for clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades across Rhode Island that Congress approved under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (P.L. 117-58) and the Inflation... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The latest results for U.S. adults on the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) are sobering.  Between  2017 and 2023 literacy and numeracy skills sank, with the percentage of adults at the lowest... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an overdue reversal, President Donald Trump abruptly announced via his social media platform today that he ordered a pause of his tariffs regime for 90 days.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed reacted to the news by stating: “After causing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined all ten of their Senate colleagues representing New England states in seeking answers about reports that the Trump Administration is considering eliminating... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The last time the federal minimum wage was raised it was July of 2009 – Barack Obama had just been elected president, iPads hadn’t come out yet, and the world was experiencing a global recession.  Since then, corporate profits have... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice admitted the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a father who was living legally in the United States under protected status -- was an “administrative error.”  Mr. Garcia, 29, who fled El Salavador... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, without cause or justification, President Donald Trump fired the top American cybersecurity official responsible for countering foreign cyber threats, just as the U.S. is confronting the most complex, sophisticated, and... Read More

WARWICK, RI – Following a roundtable discussion with the leadership of Rhode Island’s seven community action programs (CAPs), U.S. Senator Jack Reed today addressed the Trump Administration’s mass-layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the Trump Administration arbitrarily laying off tens of thousands of skilled government workers, many with security clearances and expertise in critical fields, foreign government intelligence agencies are ratcheting up efforts... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Donald Trump’s tariff taxes continue to increase prices on American consumers and businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a leading member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump dismissed Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. Military Representative to NATO, without explanation. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Early this morning, after an overnight vote-a-thon, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 to pass a controversial Republican budget framework.  Republicans used unprecedented budget gimmicks to pretend that adding over $4.6 trillion to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for an independent watchdog to investigate Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s self-dealing call for Americans to buy Tesla stock.  On March 19, after Tesla’s stock price had fallen... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, President Trump dismissed General Timothy Haugh, the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency, without explanation. Press reports indicate that Laura Loomer, a fringe conspiracy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in response to a joint letter from Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG) announced that it is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Late last night, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 to pass a bipartisan measure (S.J. Res 37) to effectively end President Trump’s steep new tariffs on Canadian goods, which amount to a 25 percent tax on a wide array of goods imported from... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and ten of their Senate colleagues who are LIHEAP champions today sent a letter urging the Trump Administration to reverse course on the recent reported... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senate Republicans released their new budget resolution to serve as a framework to their reconciliation bill – a wide-ranging proposal that would make massive cuts to Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and other vital programs... Read More