News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee at a hearing on risk-sharing by institutions of higher education.  Reed discussed the critical need to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – At a time when essential federal programs from education to Medicare to defense spending are facing growing budget austerity, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are reintroducing the Stop Subsidizing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is urging continued support to help protect U.S. military families from predatory lenders and removal of a needless delay to credit... 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

Over last five years, companies have received $1 billion in federal contracts paid for by U.S. taxpayers while using tax loophole Bill would ban federal contracts for companies that move their headquarters overseas to avoid paying their fair share of... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today visited Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence to meet with residents and staff and discuss a variety of issues, including economic development, health care, and housing related... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, an amendment introduced by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to increase funding for the successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following a decision by President Obama to provide additional protections to student loan borrowers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced legislation to ensure... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to provide early learning opportunities for children throughout the state, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $3,298,277 in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking Committee, today joined with Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce officials to announce that Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet L. Yellen is scheduled to visit Rhode... Read More

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

WASHINGTON, DC – Thanks to U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) work sharing law, the U.S. Department of Labor is granting the state of Rhode Island $328,092 in federal funding to help prevent job layoffs and support implementation and... Read More

Sessions planned for Central Falls, East Providence, Middletown, Newport, Providence, Westerly, and West Warwick; Extended hours in Bristol, Cumberland, and Warwick  New study shows that by neglecting to apply for federal aid, Rhode Island... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  – In a continued effort to address inequities that undermine learning and help students bridge the achievement gap, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Core Opportunity... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), one of the original cosponsors of the Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 2569), is urging the U.S. Senate to pass this legislation that will close a tax loophole for companies that move jobs overseas and cut... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted 59-38 to pass bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) to reauthorize emergency unemployment insurance benefits (UI) for five months. The Reed-Heller... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Once again, citing the need for urgent, bipartisan action, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today took to the floor of the Senate today to help advance a bipartisan agreement to reauthorize emergency unemployment insurance (UI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to boost the economy and provide relief for the more than 2 million job seeking Americans who have lost emergency unemployment insurance coverage since December 28, 2013, a group of 10 U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate fell one short vote of breaking a Republican filibuster to advance U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s legislation to renew unemployment insurance (UI), help strengthen our economy, and assist 1.7 million... 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