News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and improve corporate disclosure of material risks from climate change, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced legislation to modernize the Securities and Exchange Commission’s... 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 – In an effort to help families stay safe in extreme temperatures and provide assistance to households struggling with energy bills, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the leaders of the Senate... 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, who has repeatedly voted against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, today issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced a decision to reject the proposed pipeline... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help millions of low-income families and seniors on fixed incomes afford their energy bills this coming winter, a bipartisan group of 40 U.S. Senators, led by Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), are... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to get big oil companies to pay their fair share of U.S. taxes, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and several of their colleagues in introducing legislation that would... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today released the following statement after President Barack Obama unveiled his “Clean Power Plan,” aimed at protecting public health, reducing energy bills for families and businesses, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On Earth Day and the week of the five-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward Markey (D-MA), Sheldon... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, are leading a bipartisan coalition of senators in urging the leaders of two Appropriations subcommittees to provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse welcomed new federal guidelines that oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing processes on public lands be required to disclose the chemicals they use and to meet more... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Wednesday re-introduced their legislation to strengthen and reauthorize the heart of the federal government’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to release $300 million to states throughout the country through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help people stay safe and provide fuel assistance to households struggling with rising winter heating bills, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are once again leading the effort to restore... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the Obama Administration is releasing $2.9 billion in low-income heating assistance funds under the FY 2014 Continuing Resolution (CR).  Under this release, Rhode Island... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help millions of Americans who are struggling with their energy bills as winter approaches, a bipartisan group of 40 U.S. Senators, led by Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), are calling on the Obama... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the federal government on the verge of a potential shutdown, a bipartisan group of 34 U.S. Senators, led by Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), are working to ensure that low-income Americans who need heating... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help millions of Americans who are struggling with their energy bills, the Appropriations Committee today approved a bipartisan amendment by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to boost... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved legislation to invest in water infrastructure projects, including an expected $2.5 million in federal funding for Rhode Island, as part of the 2014 Energy and Water Development... Read More