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WASHINGTON, DC – After the Senate Armed Services Committee completed both a hearing on civilian control of the military and a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of retired General Lloyd J. Austin III to serve as Secretary of Defense,... Read More

REED: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I join you in welcoming General Lloyd Austin to today’s hearing.General Austin, I want to thank you for your four decades of military service to our country, and I appreciate your willingness to return to public... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after it was reported that several members of the U.S. National Guard are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration due to ties to fringe militia elements, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 81-13 to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.With passage of the veto override measure, which was previously approved by the U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, following President-elect Biden’s announcement that he intends to nominate Dr. Kathleen Hicks as the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Dr. Colin Kahl as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after 322 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to override President Trump’s veto of the bipartisan 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing President Donald Trump’s irrational reasons for vetoing the bipartisan 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Donald Trump granted clemency and pardons to several people, including former Congressional Republican allies, campaign operatives ensnared in the Russia probe, and Blackwater contractors convicted of murdering... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following joint statement on the extensive cyber hack that breached the cyber networks of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), an ex officio member of the Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement regarding media reports about a sophisticated Russian cyber campaign that breached U.S. Government computer... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Donald Trump tweeted that he intends to veto the $732 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and falsely declared “The biggest winner of our new defense bill is China!”,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 84-13 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, and it now heads to the President’s desk.U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of General Lloyd J. Austin III (ret.) to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House-Senate conference committee reached a bicameral agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.  This legislation authorizes funding levels and sets national defense policies to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced several key national security picks, including his intention to nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to be... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement today on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Antony Blinken, who held the number two job at the State Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a six-day hand recount of ballots in Georgia reaffirmed that President-elect Joe Biden won a clear victory in the Peach State, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are urging the head of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Representatives Adam... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:“There’s a right way and a wrong way to do this.  President Trump is once again choosing the wrong way and we... Read More