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WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump Administration wrongly sidestepped Congress in ordering the U.S. Department of Defense to divert $2.5 billion in military funding to a U.S.-Mexico border wall - in a move... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling to block the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, U.S. Senator Jack Reed hailed the decision to preserve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling to block the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, U.S. Senator Jack Reed hailed the decision to preserve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As federal resources are desperately needed to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bolster public health, and assist small businesses, the Trump Administration is awarding a $569 million no-bid contract to an apparently... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the Trump Administration extended the “wind-down” period of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for qualified people from Liberia by several months to January 2021, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today thanked... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Next week, starting March 12, Americans will begin receiving letters from the U.S. Census Bureau inviting them to fill out the 2020 Census.  And for the first time in U.S. Census history, the mailed invitations will... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Washington Post reported that President Trump is planning to divert $7.2 billion from national defense because he failed to get Mexico to pay for his wasteful and ineffective border wall, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight at 7:30 p.m., President Trump is scheduled to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The FY 2020 NDAA defense policy bill authorizes $658.4 billion for the Department of Defense... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, included a major victory for the Liberian community in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 that will extend... Read More

CRANSTON, RI -- In an effort to sustainably grow the state’s next generation of farmers and producers and enhance Rhode Island’s agricultural and food economy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments against on President Trump’s 2017 decision to end deportation protections for nearly 800,000 young immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Ranking Member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Citing America’s longstanding commitment to protecting vulnerable people from around the world, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with 15 of his Senate colleagues in urging President Trump not to drastically... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after the Trump Administration announced plans to divert $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build a border wall along the Southwest border, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump announced he is dropping efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “President Trump abandoned this failed effort... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Following reports that the Trump Administration is ending protections against the deportation of military families whose loved ones are deployed, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and 25 colleagues in calling on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to move forward with printing 2020 Census materials... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and twelve of his colleagues sent a letter calling for the U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce to launch internal investigations after new evidence came to light revealing deeply... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and seventeen of their colleagues sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan raising concerns... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today backed the Trump Administration’s decision to extend Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for qualified people from Liberia for one year, through March 31, 2020, and is calling for... Read More