News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement in opposition to the confirmation of U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): “Congressman... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal: “The President’s budget proposal offers a solid blueprint to help grow our... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congress approved the $1.15 trillion Fiscal Year 2016 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations bill, also known as the omnibus, that included many important provisions for Rhode Island families. U.S. Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House and Senate Appropriations committees filed a $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2016. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today announced his support for a two-year, bipartisan budget agreement.  The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 would provide $80 billion in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after Republican leaders unveiled their fiscal year 2016 budget proposal, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, called it “unrealistic and unfair to middle-class... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), today joined with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and Senate Democrats in calling on Congress to reverse sequester cuts that threaten economic growth and military... Read More

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a views and estimates letter to the Senate Budget Committee last week as a regular part... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today issued the following statement in response to the release of President Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget: “The President’s budget blueprint contains quite a bit of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent more than 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers from losing their unemployment insurance after the holidays, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) today introduced bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement: "I hoped for a more comprehensive agreement but this is an important step forward.  Commendably, this budget blueprint reduces economic uncertainty and blunts the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent more than 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers from losing their unemployment insurance at the end of December -- and millions more from having no benefits after their initial 26 weeks of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan agreement that would open the federal government through January 15 and lift the debt ceiling through February 7, 2014 – thus preventing an immediate threat of default... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after disarray in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives stalled bipartisan negotiations aimed at reopening the government and preventing a default crisis, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following... Read More

Reed on Senate floor: “I am here to address the looming fiscal deadlines, and, more importantly, how to keep our economy growing and increasing jobs.  That is why I believe we were sent here, not to engage in some of these procedural... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on the release of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget request: “This budget is a mixed bag.  It... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — By a vote of 73 to 26, the U.S. Senate today passed a stopgap Appropriations bill to avoid a government shutdown.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed warned that deep federal cuts due to the sequester will hurt the economy if Congress... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect consumers and save U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars annually, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today voted for a bipartisan initiative to phase out the controversial sugar price-support program, which... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today commended the Obama Administration’s announcement that the U.S. Mint is suspending the production of Presidential dollar coins for circulation.  Today, nearly 1.4 billion surplus dollar... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives finally voted on their debt ceiling proposal, just four days before a threatened U.S. default could push the nation into economic chaos.  Despite having a 48... Read More