News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to efficiently provide life-saving, coordinated care to those in need, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is reintroducing legislation aimed at improving the quality and capacity of our nation’s trauma care... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) this week... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today joined with U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse in announcing that Rhode Island is being awarded more than $10.2 million in federal funding for the expansion of the Maternal, Infant,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was joined today by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in introducing the Tobacco Tax Equity Act to close loopholes in the tax code that have been... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today urged his Senate colleagues to pass the bipartisan Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (Clay Hunt SAV) Act, a bill that seeks to address the growing epidemic of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Key proposals backed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to help reduce the negative health impacts of antibiotic use in animals will be going into effect as part of a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action that will phase... Read More

Reed on Senate floor: “I am here to address the looming fiscal deadlines, and, more importantly, how to keep our economy growing and increasing jobs.  That is why I believe we were sent here, not to engage in some of these procedural... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Lincoln Chafee today joined with U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse in announcing that Rhode Island has been awarded $5.8 million for the expansion of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting... Read More

WARWICK, RI – In an effort to help ensure patients have access to quality health care services at Rhode Island hospitals, as well as support sustainable sources of jobs in the state, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, over four years after the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled UV-emitting tanning bed devices a carcinogen, a group of nine U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI), are urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help ensure that Rhode Island’s medical facilities and health care systems are prepared for natural disasters and public health emergencies, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced... Read More

WARWICK, RI – Warm weather is here and now is the time to prepare for the upcoming tick season.  In an effort to help raise awareness about how to lower the rate of tick bites and Lyme disease, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed wants Rhode Island kids to show off their culinary skills and win a trip to the second annual White House Kids’ “State Dinner.” First Lady Michelle Obama, in conjunction with the U.S.... Read More

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with mental health and community leaders at the Kent Center in Warwick to discuss initiatives to improve mental health services and strengthen efforts to identify, treat, and care for people who... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen our nation’s mental health system, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined David O. Russell, the director of Silver Linings Playbook, and a bipartisan group of Senators at a press conference... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to improve mental health services for young people and prevent youth suicides, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today introduced the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced Rhode Island will receive $2.69 million to help prevent youth suicide and improve the mental and behavioral health care that children, teens, and young adults receive.  This federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Caroline Cowart, a 12-year-old from Cranston, is cooking her way to the first ever “Kids’ State Dinner” at the White House, which will be hosted next week by First Lady Michelle Obama. Caroline’s healthy... Read More

WARWICK, RI – In an effort to help ensure patients have access to quality health care services at Rhode Island hospitals, as well as support sustainable sources of jobs in the state, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to expand access to quality health care services for the Providence community, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined Merrill Thomas, CEO of Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) and others, to celebrate the... Read More