News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, at the Providence Children’s Museum, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline joined with AmeriCorps members and beneficiaries and students to announce over... Read More

WOONSOCKET, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, along with Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, announced $377,055 in federal funding to help the Woonsocket Fire Department purchase... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $925,000 in federal funding to help Central Falls, Providence, and Woonsocket clean and redevelop contaminated... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal: “President Trump’s budget is bad news for Rhode Island because it weakens our... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a $600,000 federal grant from the Economic Development Agency (EDA) to help transform a vacant Providence... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Ranking Member of the panel’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee, joined with members of the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed visited Brown University for a firsthand look at how some of Rhode Island’s  leading researchers are using federal funding to develop cutting-edge clean energy technologies.  He... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to expand research leading to potential advances for women’s health, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Women &... Read More

COVENTRY, RI – This weekend, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative Jim Langevin will join with Rhode Islanders for a town hall style conversation at Coventry High School. Rhode Islanders are invited to get a... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed opposes President Trump’s effort to zero out the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to support community arts programs and enhance the state’s creative and cultural assets, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that AS220; Alliance of Artists Communities; Downcity Design; Everett: Company Stage... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, announced today that Rhode Island preschool programs will receive $6,043,131 from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, together with Governor Gina M. Raimondo, today announced a new $6 million federal grant to help train hundreds of local... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Obama Administration is releasing $3 billion in low-income heating assistance funds under the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution (CR).  Under this initial release, Rhode Island... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — In an effort to help struggling dairy farmers in Rhode Island and nationwide stay in business, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined 16 of their senate colleagues urging Congress to provide funding for dairy... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As the national Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with Providence residents, community partners, and energy experts to tout the... Read More

WARWICK, RI — Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced a total of $625,000 to help the Portsmouth and Warwick Police Departments hire additional law enforcement... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Sixty-five years after his plane was shot down during the Korean War, Rhode Island native Irving Munroe will be honored at a special memorial service with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, October... Read More

LINCOLN, RI — In an effort to better integrate supportive services into senior housing, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced today that the Lincoln Housing Authority (LHA) will receive $169,497 in federal funding through the Resident Opportunities... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced that Rhode Island Hospital will receive $1,877,090 in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the Environmental Influence on Children’s Health... Read More