News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed today announced that Wing Chau’s nomination to serve as U.S. Marshal for Rhode Island has unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which Whitehouse... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect the vote in 2020 and better secure our election systems, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and three leading Senators sent a letter to the country’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after it was reported that Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William P. Barr, regarding his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services; Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump’s handpicked appointee to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) signaled the watchdog agency will no longer use its authority and tools to actively protect U.S. military personnel and their... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. Senate voted 55-44 to end debate on William Barr’s nomination to serve as U.S. Attorney General, setting up a final confirmation vote later in the week.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who voted against... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following new reports about Department of Justice (DOJ) officials discussing the possibility of violating the confidentiality of information collected during the decennial census, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Brian... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) urged Senate Republicans to uphold the bedrock principle that no American -- not even the President -- is above the law and also... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After thoroughly reviewing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record, including the FBI’s supplemental investigation into sexual assault allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) discussed his... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to suspend consideration of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court until an FBI investigation is completed into credible sexual... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “There are serious, disturbing allegations about Judge Kavanaugh and they need to be thoroughly vetted.  Rushing ahead with a vote on Kavanaugh’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “Today, President Trump’s former lawyer pleaded guilty in federal court to committing felonies at the behest of and to benefit then-candidate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump announced he will nominate DC Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “I have a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress begins the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations process, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, today joined a group of 41 senators in urging the Committee to provide a minimum... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today issued the following joint statement after President Trump nominated Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island.  Reed and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - After President Trump cleared House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) partisan memo in an attempt to discredit the FBI and U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), an ex officio member of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to strengthen consumer credit reporting rights, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced the Control Your Personal Credit Information Act (S. 2362), which seeks to give consumers greater control over when and how their... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and John Kennedy (R-LA) today asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the sale of millions of stock and options by Intel Chief... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, White House national security adviser, and retired Lt. General Michael T. Flynn pleaded guilty in a deal with the Special Counsel investigating foreign meddling in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today called on Senate Republican leaders to hold bipartisan public hearings on policies and laws regarding the handling of sexual harassment and discrimination cases on Capitol Hill.  “Sexual... Read More