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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act and federally enshrine both same-sex and interracial marriage rights for all Americans.  The Respect for Marriage Act would require the federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress returns to Washington, DC this week with a long to-do list of legislative items, including appropriations bills and the national defense bill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed says leaders should look for common ground and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a cosponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S.4), the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747), and the Right to Vote Act (S. 2615), issued the following statement on the need to protect... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today called on Congress to focus squarely on protecting voting rights and the integrity of the electoral process.Reed stated:“The right to vote is sacred, but, in the wake of the 2020 election, some states and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of a key procedural vote today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed took to the Senate floor to call for the swift passage of to the Freedom to Vote Act, sweeping federal legislation that would protect the right to vote, strengthen our... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As some states and political operatives around the country seek to roll back voter protection laws and gerrymander voting districts, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined with U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and 47 colleagues in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – To better address the alarming rise in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and prevent and punish anti-Asian hate crimes, the U.S. Senate today voted 94-1 to pass an expanded version of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement after Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd: “I think every American was rightfully angered by that video of George Floyd being brutally,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to address the rise of hate crimes and unprovoked violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Senate voted 92-6 to advance the COVID-19 Hate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which was introduced by Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act and related federal laws to ban discrimination against lesbian, gay,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S.... 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

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Biden Administration announced it will repeal the Trump Administration’s discriminatory and restrictive policy that blocked transgendered individuals from serving in the U.S. military, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in reaction to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s error-riddled ruling that echoes President Trump’s false talking points about how states have and will count votes in this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After thoroughly reviewing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today discussed his decision to vote against the nomination of Judge Coney Barrett for the United States Supreme Court.Over the weekend, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Citing concerns that the Trump Administration is seeking to use unidentified, heavily-armed armed federal personnel to escalate conflict in American cities where elected state and local officials oppose the federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse helped pass a bill to rename Central Falls’ post office after a leader in the Rhode Island abolitionist and suffrage movements.  Late last night, the full U.S. Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Defense Department formally implemented the Trump Administration’s discriminatory transgender service policy on Tuesday night, barring troops transgender individuals and those who require treatment for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the 54th anniversary of the first Selma to Montgomery voting rights march, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined with U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Doug Jones (D-AL) and a host of colleagues in... Read More