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March 2021
Reed-Backed Proposal to Deliver $25 Billion for Restaurants & Bars Advancing in Congress & Will Serve Up Needed Aid for RI Eateries Hit Hardest by COVID-19
RI Nets Over $8.75 Million for Conservation, Fish, and Wildlife Restoration & Outdoor Recreation
February 2021
As Congress Advances COVID-19 Relief Bill, Reed Continues Working to Prioritize RI’s Needs
Reed Announces $5.5M to Finance Affordable, Sustainable Housing in RI
Reed Announces $64.9M in New FEMA Funds to Aid RI Vaccine Distribution
Reed Delivers $26.8 Million for RI Economic Development & Housing Initiatives
Reed’s Committee Leadership Assignments for 117th Congress Enhance RI’s Clout
Reed: Evidence-Based Approach, Accountability & Dual Tracking are Paramount to Dealing with Both COVID-19 Relief & Impeachment Trial
As Parents Grapple with Child Care During COVID-19, Reed Delivers Another $24M in RI Child Care Relief & Recovery Funding
Reed: Biden Admin’s Retention of Medicaid Funding Boost & Extension of Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration Could Mean Extra $200M for RI in 2021
Reed’s Push for FEMA Cost Share Reimbursement Pays Off for RI: Ocean State to Get $33 Million Reimbursement for Combatting COVID-19
Reed: 1,300 New Jobs Coming to RI to Help Build Advanced Submarines
Amidst a Frigid Winter & Raging Pandemic, U.S. Senators Seek to Deliver Lifesaving LIHEAP Utility Assistance
January 2021
Reed Announces Over $8 Million to Assist RI Homeless
As RI National Guard Returns Home, Reed Says More Federal Dollars Returning to RI to Cover Guard’s COVID-19 Response Costs
Reed Announces Slater Mill to be Transferred to U.S. National Park Service
To Help States Combat COVID-19, Reed Leads 34 U.S. Senators in Calling for FEMA Cost-Sharing Waiver
December 2020
$1.1 Billion in COVID-19 Relief Funds Begins Flowing to RI for Vaccination, Testing, Unemployment Aid & Direct Payments
Reed Announces Over $1 Million in Rental Assistance to Help RIers Facing Pandemic Hardships
Reed Helps Deliver Major Boost for RI Schools in ‘Coronabus’ Bill