News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after Defense Secretary James Mattis announced that he is resigning and will leave the Pentagon in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump declared victory over the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and ordered a sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, catching some of his own advisors and U.S. allies off guard, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A bill to name the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the “Captain Matthew J. August Post Office,” after a North Kingstown native killed in action in Iraq, has... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After an inquiry led by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) uncovered that the U.S. Department of Defense had not properly charged Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for fuel and aerial refueling services, the Pentagon... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee; Dick Durbin (D-IL), Vice Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee;... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow evening, December 12, the late U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) will receive the prestigious Jacob K. Javits Prize for Bipartisan Leadership during a special award ceremony in... Read More

WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Donald Trump, Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Martin Heinrich, (D-NM), and Jack Reed (D-RI), introduced legislation today requiring a public report on the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following Donald Trump’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump once again failed to stand up to Vladimir Putin, this time in the face of the Russian seizure of three Ukrainian ships and twenty-four crew members near Crimea, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and please let me welcome the co-chairs of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, Ambassador Edelman and Admiral Roughead.  Thank you and all of your colleagues for the extraordinary effort that you gave to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency is sending over 300,000 pounds of traditional Thanksgiving food to U.S. troops deployed overseas and at the southwest border this week, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump sought to let Saudi leadership off the hook for the calculated, cold-blooded murder of U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after President Trump derided retired Admiral William H. McRaven - the former Navy SEAL who led U.S. Special Operations Command during the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Todd Young (R-IN)—along with Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Susan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton confirmed to the press that President Donald Trump has formally invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington, DC next year, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Saudi officials again changed their story regarding the murder of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside its consulate in Istanbul, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Saudi Arabia finally admitted that Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in Istanbul, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I would also like to welcome the nominees, General Abrams and Admiral Faller, and thank them for their service and their willingness to continue to serve.  I would also like to welcome and thank your... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the situation in Honduras: As we mark the International Day of the Disappeared, I stand with the missing, their families, and those that champion human... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Chairman John McCain (R-AZ): “I am deeply saddened by the loss of my... Read More