News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to keep student loans affordable for working families, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote later today on a key amendment by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 17 of their Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Noting that college students and middle-class families across the country are urging Congress to reject a bad long-term student loan deal, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that he opposes the Manchin-Burr student... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, due to a Republican filibuster, the U.S. Senate failed to pass Senator Jack Reed’s bill -- the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act – which is designed to reverse a doubling of student loan rates under the federal... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Providence Mayor Angel Taveras; Patrick McGuigan, Executive Director of the Providence Plan (ProvPlan); Anthony Hubbard, ProvPlan’s YouthBuild Director; and young trainees from YouthBuild... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  In an effort to protect taxpayers and prevent the interest rate on need-based student loans from doubling on millions of Americans, 35 Senate Democrats today introduced a fully paid for bill to lock in the rate at 3.4... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – In an effort to help connect more job seekers with employment, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) have introduced the Workforce Investments through Local Libraries Act (WILL) Act.  This bipartisan... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Serve Rhode Island and eight local non-profit organizations will receive over $2.14 million in federal AmeriCorps grants. The AmeriCorps grants are the result of the 2013 AmeriCorps... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to build a stronger health care workforce and ensure patients have access to the medical care they need, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the Building a Health Care Workforce for the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect taxpayers and shield college students from a sharp increase in federal Stafford loan interest rates, 51 U.S. Senators today voted in favor of legislation authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 221-198 to narrowly approve a bill that would potentially leave students worse off than if the interest rate were allowed to double on July 1st with the Congressional Budget... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure teachers, principals, and other educators are better prepared to meet challenges in today’s classrooms, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Michael Honda (D-CA) today reintroduced... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  In an effort to protect taxpayers and shield college students from a sharp increase in federal Stafford loan interest rates, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Tom Harkin (D-IA), who chairs the Senate Health, Education,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With a July 1st deadline just over 50 days away, leading members of Congress are renewing calls for swift action to prevent the interest rate on federally subsidized Stafford loans from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8... Read More

BRISTOL, RI – In an effort to help make college more affordable for students and middle-class families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Roger Williams University (RWU) President Donald J. Farish, faculty, and students in calling for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed is “pleased” the U.S. Department of Labor is officially ending its suspension on new enrollments in the nation’s federal Job Corps program, but the Senator remains “deeply... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen the economy and ease the burden of student debt on families nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT) today joined with student advocacy groups Young... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is encouraging interested Rhode Island teens to apply to serve on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Youth Preparedness Council.  FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council... Read More

EXETER, RI – In an effort to prevent students from being denied admission to Job Corps training programs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today visited the Exeter Job Corps Center and urged the Obama Administration to take immediate action to get Job... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the deadline for students seeking his military Academy Nomination will be extended from October 31st to November 5th.  Congressional nominations are required for applications to... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - With just one day to go before U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s annual College Financial Aid Workshop at Cranston High School West auditorium, Senator Jack Reed is strongly encouraging all Rhode Islanders interested in applying to... Read More