News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement after Congressional Republicans unveiled their proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA): “The Republicans should be embarrassed.  After over seven... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to provide seniors with more affordable prescription drugs, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are joining Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in cosponsoring legislation to lower the skyrocketing cost of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced that he will vote against Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), an advocate for Medicare privatization, who President Trump nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help workers when they are sick or when they must care for a family member who is ill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is joining with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and 25 of their colleagues in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Republican legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which found that such a plan could leave 18 million people without health insurance... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Five years after U.S. Senator Jack Reed first called for a national strategy to combat Lyme disease, Congress passed the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act.  The bipartisan legislation,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate today voted 94-5 to pass a major medical research and mental health bill, that contains $4.8 billion in federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for programs like the precision medicine initiative... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- As communities across the country struggle with prescription drug abuse and opioid addiction, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is encouraging Rhode Islanders to take advantage of the upcoming National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 95-3 to pass a bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that includes key provisions authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed to enhance water infrastructure and reduce the threat of lead... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — In a letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with 18 of their Senate colleagues, expressed their serious concerns about the company’s significant... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined other Senate Democrats in writing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, urging them to immediately call Congress back into session... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today praised the passage of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) bill to improve heroin and painkiller addiction treatment and joined with more than 30 colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed helped advance a key spending bill that would boost funding to fight opioid abuse and Alzheimer’s disease, and restore year-round Pell grants.  The Senate Appropriations Committee voted... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill.  Overall, the bill would provide $56.5 billion in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate overcame a procedural hurdle and voted 68-29 to invoke cloture on an amendment to provide $1.1 billion of emergency funding to stop the spread of the Zika virus and develop a vaccine.  The... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that three Rhode Island health centers will receive $2,988,180 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for facility renovation and expansion,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warning that the spread of the Zika virus to the U.S. could get worse before it gets better, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for action and bringing federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 24 of their Senate colleagues sent a letter urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve data collection on children participating in NIH-funded... Read More