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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen Rhode Island manufacturing and the domestic supply chain, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $6,021,500 in federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after completing one-on-one meetings with President Biden’s Federal Reserve Nominees Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook, and Philip Jefferson, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking, Housing and Urban... Read More

As Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, Reed notes that RI workers play an outsize role in strengthening U.S. security, keeping international commerce flowing, and deterring worldwide threatsQUONSET POINT, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

 QUONSET POINT, RI -- On Monday, January 24, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) for their annual legislative update meeting.  The virtual event,... Read More

Biden taps Raskin as Fed’s top bank regulator & nominates leading economics professors Cook, Jefferson as Fed governorsWASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House announced the nomination of former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden re-nominated Jerome Powell to serve another four year term as Chair of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island is poised to get a big dose of overdue financial relief from the newly enacted American Rescue Plan.The new $1.9 trillion law will get vaccine doses into arms and help put money into pockets: delivering $1,400 direct... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to deliver overdue financial relief to families, support small businesses, boost COVID-19 vaccinations, and safely reopen schools, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) helped pass the American Rescue Plan in the U.S. Senate. ... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan plan backed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to deliver needed assistance to local restaurants and bars still reeling from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is advancing through Congress.Senator Reed is a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to help strengthen local neighborhoods and support economic development and affordable housing programs throughout the state, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive $26,859,588 in new... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to deliver urgent financial relief to American families struggling with the economic fallout from COVID-19, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says he is committed to providing an additional direct payment of $1,400 per... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After securing the Chairmanship of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced the rest of his committee and subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.With two new gavels,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing the need for a federal paid family and medical leave policy that covers all working Americans for serious caregiving and medical reasons, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to end wage discrimination and close the gender pay gap, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)  is renewing the push to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.  Senator Reed has once again cosponsored legislation to strengthen the... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – After working for years to ensure the U.S. Navy can ramp up submarine construction to help safeguard the nation and provide the U.S. Armed Forces with an unmatched advantage beneath the waves, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced a major infusion of transportation funding for Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After a months-long battle to get another COVID-19 emergency rescue plan approved, Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a final legislative package.  As leaders from both parties finalize legislative details of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 84-13 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, and it now heads to the President’s desk.U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With COVID-19 infection rates soaring, job losses piling up, and many small businesses being forced to shut down, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says it is imperative for Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to come to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the Trump Administration will allow key pandemic relief programs to expire on December 31 over objections from the Federal Reserve, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a... Read More