News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to increase unemployment insurance integrity and decrease fraudulent overpayments and unintentional mistakes in the system, the state’s Congressional delegation and Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline joined Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza in announcing $1.875 million to help the Providence Police Department add... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse together with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced a $194,800 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for Middletown-based... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – In an effort to assist immigrants on their path to citizenship, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Progreso Latino is receiving a $250,000 federal grant from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today joined Patrick McGuigan, Executive Director of the Providence Plan (ProvPlan) and Anthony Hubbard, ProvPlan’s... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to save lives and address the growing number of overdose deaths in the state, Governor Gina M. Raimondo together with U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that Rhode Island has been... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $150,000 in federal funding to continue support for the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).  Based in Providence, Polaris MEP is a statewide... Read More

SMITHFIELD, RI – In an effort to help firefighters train locally, expand their emergency response skillset, and save taxpayer dollars, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, together with Congressman David Cicilline today announced a... Read More

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative Jim Langevin today joined with Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian in announcing $949,549 in federal funding for the Warwick Fire Department.  This federal... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced new federal funding for the Central Falls Fire Department to hire new firefighters, and for both Central Falls and Portsmouth... Read More

BURRILLVILLE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse together with Congressman Jim Langevin today announced $87,523 in federal funding for the Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department to purchase new, life-saving emergency cardiac... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure employers can maintain a skilled workforce, and help workers keep their jobs during a temporary business decline, U.S. Senator Jack Reed introduced the Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2015, a bill to... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Gina Raimondo, along with the state's Congressional delegation today announced that the White House has chosen Rhode Island to be a part of the President's TechHire initiative, a bold multisector effort to empower... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative Jim Langevin today announced $410,250 in federal grants for the City of Cranston and the Town of Narragansett to enhance emergency readiness and help improve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $250,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation continues working to make college more affordable and protect Pell grants from budget cuts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today wrote to express their concern with a proposed... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI – Today, at the Narragansett Fire Department headquarters, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin announced $769,582 in federal funding for the Narragansett Fire Department to purchase a new... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to help... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced two new public safety grants totaling $143,992 for the Smithfield Fire Department and the Westerly Ambulance... Read More