News Releases

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – After years of planning and working together to make the case for funding, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo along with Governor Dan McKee gathered today with state,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the nation’s housing shortage pushes home prices and rents to historic levels, a new Senate bill would provide tens of billions of dollars to help create millions of new homes for low-income Americans. U.S. Senators Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) welcomed the Biden Administration’s move to put U.S. consumers first and delay permitting for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals.   Today, after the U.S. Department of Energy announced it... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo along with Governor Dan McKee today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has been awarded a major $81 million... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that ten Rhode Island-based organizations and projects have been awarded a total of $275,000 in grant funding from the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is joining U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and other colleagues in supporting an amendment to preserve Congress’s role in approving U.S. assistance to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Ahead of a Saturday deadline, the U.S. Senate today came together and voted 77-18 to pass legislation to avoid a federal government shutdown and keep the government open as Congress continues its work on appropriations bills.  If... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders met with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the emergency national security funding package for Ukraine, Israel, and other national security priorities. After the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Flooding issues from earlier this week were exacerbated by more heavy rainfall and wind damage, with wind gusts up to 77 miles per hour.  Several areas lost power and roads were flooded out due to the storm. U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WEST WARWICK, RI -- Earlier this week, a major winter storm dumped multiple inches of rain on some parts of the state, which combined with melting snow, knocked out power and sent rivers and streams overflowing their banks, spilling onto roads, and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Ray Rickman knows that learning to swim can be life-changing and can save lives.  And he’s worked for years to turn the tide on the dangerous myth that Black people don’t swim. Swimming is good for physical and mental health and just... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, United States and United Kingdom military forces – with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands – conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels. The Houthis have carried out... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, heavy rain and snowmelt has caused significant flooding across Rhode Island.  Some residents were forced to evacuate by boats or with the assistance of firefighters and have been displaced into emergency evacuation... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today commended President Joe Biden for nominating Rhode Island District Court Associate Judge Melissa R. DuBose, of Providence, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $444,282 in federal funding for the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Rhode Island’s only Native-led museum.  The grant,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The process to fill the upcoming federal court vacancy in Rhode Island took a step forward today as United States Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced they have recommended that President Joe Biden nominate Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III’s recent hospitalization. “I wish Secretary Austin a speedy and... Read More

TIVERTON, RI – In an effort to enhance public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced a new federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Facilities Grant Program... Read More

Johnston, RI – Some local veterans have battled serious health issues – such as cancer or respiratory conditions – for years.  Even though they strongly believed their illness was service-connected, it wasn’t covered by the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual defense authorization bill into law yesterday, confirming the largest raise in military basic pay in decades for... Read More