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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today voted to reduce the deficit and save taxpayers billions of dollars by ending unneeded ethanol subsidies.  The bill to scrap $6 billion in ethanol blender tax credits, which primarily go... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - With the United States Senate scheduled for a key vote this week, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) are strongly backing a plan to eliminate special tax breaks for the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in introducing the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, a bill to eliminate taxpayer handouts to the five largest oil companies making windfall profits, and divert... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- With gas prices continuing to rise, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) today welcomed the Obama Administration response to their request to create a new federal task force to investigate whether speculators are... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - During a hearing today before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) took on the Obama Administration's proposed cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In the wake of President Obama's decision to not yet tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to current events in the Middle East and northern Africa,  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today restated his strong belief that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to reduce gas prices for consumers and prevent millions of barrels of oil from seeping into the ground beneath Southeast Louisiana, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are backing the Obama... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In response to reports that President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposal will contain over $2.5 billion in cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Olympia J. Snowe... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to prevent millions of Americans from being left out in the cold this winter, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) are leading the effort to restore funding for the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect communities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Kerry (D-MA), and Scott Brown (R-MA) sent a bipartisan letter to the top members of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, after a federal judge in New Orleans blocked a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling projects that the Obama Administration had imposed in response to the BP Gulf oil spill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today helped defeat a resolution that would have effectively dismantled the Clean Air Act as a tool for addressing climate change. The Senate voted 53-47 this afternoon to defeat a resolution,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - The decade-long effort to protect the Taunton River as part of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers System is helping to protect Rhode Islanders from the dangers of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mount Hope... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the Quonset Development Corporation will receive over $22.3 million in federal Recovery Act funding to help create green jobs, develop alternative energy sources, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to help tens of thousands of Rhode Island families and seniors who are struggling to stay warm, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive over $29 million for Low-Income Housing Energy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to help create green jobs and boost Rhode Island's construction and manufacturing industries, Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the Providence Plan's Building Futures program will receive... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy is awarding a $15 million Recovery Act grant to Rhode Island LFG Genco, an affiliate of Ridgewood Renewable Power, to support the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the City of Providence will receive over $1.75 million in flexible federal funding to improve energy efficiency in residential and municipal buildings. This award is administered by... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - With gas prices high and many Americans relying on public transportation more, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and fellow members of the Senate Banking Committee today held a hearing examining how the federal government can strengthen... Read More