News Releases

PAWTUCKET, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien in announcing more than $5.6 million in newly awarded federal grants for bus facility upgrades and... Read More

EAST GREENWICH, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced over $160,000 in federal funding to help fire departments in East Greenwich and Portsmouth purchase needed... Read More

9/1/2016 - WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the University of Rhode Island (URI), in collaboration with its Inner Space Center, the Graduate... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI — In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined members of the NPS’s Junior Ranger program in presenting the NPS with a birthday cake at Roger Williams National Memorial... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $1,601,344 in federal funding to help fire departments in Central Falls, Exeter, and Woonsocket purchase new,... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced new federal funding to help fire departments in Lincoln, Narragansett, and Pawtucket purchase new equipment. ... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined other Senate Democrats in writing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, urging them to immediately call Congress back into session... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – In an effort to improve the state’s transportation network and transform sections of Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced a $13.1 million federal boost for building a... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $986,705 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist ten Rhode Island communities in deploying local strategies to empower assisted housing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to address jet noise that impacts residents living around T.F. Green Airport, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $9,322,986 in federal funding for jet noise mitigation. The federal funds, administered by... Read More

Providence, RI – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin today announced that the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- With peak mosquito season approaching, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive $170,651 in federal funding to help the state combat Zika in Rhode Island.  The Centers for Disease Control and... Read More

QUONSET, RI – In an effort to help create jobs and increase Rhode Island’s port capacity, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative James Langevin today announced that the U.S. Economic Development... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to protect low-income families from lead-based paint hazards within their homes, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $3 million in federal funding through the U.S.... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse together with Congressman Jim Langevin today announced $118,935 in federal funding for the Cranston Fire Department to purchase new, life-saving emergency cardiac equipment. The... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive an additional $629,160 in federal funding to continue providing housing counseling to struggling Rhode Islanders through NeighborWorks America’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a $574.6 billion defense funding measure for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.  The bill includes several provisions and initiatives backed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 89 to 8 to pass a $74.9 billion fiscal year 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.  The measure includes a provision backed by U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill.  Overall, the bill would provide $56.5 billion in... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island’s federal delegation today announced more than $1.8 million in grant funding for oceans research and coastal data archives at the University of Rhode Island (URI). “A thorough understanding of our... Read More