News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $750,000 in federal funding to continue supporting the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).  Based in Providence, Polaris MEP is a statewide... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse together with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline and Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced a new... Read More

WARWICK, RI – Prospective college students in Rhode Island left $6,772,300 in federal Pell Grant money unclaimed in the 2014-15 academic year, according to a recent study released by the personal finance website Nerd Wallet.  And U.S.... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – In an effort to keep families in their homes and minimize foreclosures, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced an additional $9.68 million in foreclosure prevention funding will be coming to Rhode Island from the Hardest Hit Fund... Read More

Standing with Advocates & College Students Saddled by Student Loan Debt, Senate Democrats Unveiled A New Legislative Package and Campaign to Address College Affordability in 2016, Dubbed #InTheRed, That Seeks to Put the Country on a Path Toward... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help return workers to the job, prevent layoffs, strengthen the safety net for workers, and ensure employers can maintain a highly skilled workforce, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is backing a series of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Yesterday, at Roger Williams University’s campus in Providence, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse sat down with Rhode Island students and graduates to talk about the climbing costs of higher education and how... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that the U.S. Navy, which has been exploring the feasibility of installing a new solar energy farm at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, has issued a Request for Proposal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that NAACP Providence President Jim Vincent will be his guest at President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.  This will be President Obama’s... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help working families keep more of the money they earn, boost Rhode Island’s economy, and provide local businesses with the financial stability and certainty they need to succeed, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... 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

NEWPORT, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today was joined by Admiral Linda Fagan, the 1st U.S. Coast Guard District Commander, representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Naval Station Newport, and Rhode Island construction workers for a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today celebrated the bipartisan reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), calling the Bank an important tool to help American companies compete in a global economy and sell... 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 help assisted housing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following passage of a major, five-year transportation authorization bill that included several bipartisan measures to provide targeted regulatory relief for financial institutions such as community banks and credit unions,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI — Governor Gina M. Raimondo, along with the Rhode Island Congressional delegation, today announced the recipients of the Real Jobs RI implementation grants available through the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today applauded a series of actions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department aimed at curbing a practice known as “inversion,” in which U.S. companies move their headquarters overseas, but... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Hailing the new submarine production facility as a result of years of strategic federal investments and a sign of positive economic growth for the state – as well as recognition of Rhode Island’s strategic... Read More

Reed prioritizes infrastructure investments to help RI & includes a study to explore options for bringing Amtrak train service to T.F. Green Airport WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today kicked off floor action on its fiscal year 2016... Read More