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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 - In an effort to help revitalize local neighborhoods and support affordable housing and economic development programs throughout the state, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive over $8,586,000 in... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $986,705 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist ten Rhode Island communities in deploying local strategies to help assisted housing... Read More

Reed prioritizes infrastructure investments to help RI & includes a study to explore options for bringing Amtrak train service to T.F. Green Airport WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today kicked off floor action on its fiscal year 2016... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help provide as much assistance as possible to households struggling to afford their winter heating bills, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are once again leading a bipartisan push to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, together with Congressman David Cicilline, today announced $2,210,654 in federal grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support affordable... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Obama Administration is releasing $3.01 billion in low-income heating assistance funds under the FY 2016 Continuing Resolution (CR).  Under this initial release, Rhode Island... 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 – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling on the nation’s foremost consumer and financial watchdogs to investigate an industry that may be preying on recipients of structured settlements, convincing them to trade decades... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $1 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brownfields grants to help Providence, Pawtucket, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jack Reed of Rhode Island have introduced a bill to give states more flexibility to use federal funds to support foster youth aging out of the system. “A lot of good ideas come... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congress passed legislation to name a post office in memory of the late Sister Ann C. Keefe, SSJ of Providence, who passed away on January 18, 2015 at the age of 62. The legislation, which was championed by U.S. Senators... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help end youth homelessness and protect vulnerable homeless youth from human traffickers, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), led... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Seeking to provide essential housing and support for homeless veterans, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $173,742 in federal funding to provide housing assistance to homeless... 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 – 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

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that 25 Rhode Island communities will receive a total of $3,292,642 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing Operating... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to ensure that Rhode Islanders with disabilities and special needs have access to affordable rental housing and supportive services, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help end homelessness, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island homeless housing and service programs will receive $5,262,197 in federal Continuum of Care (CoC) funding.  This federal... 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