News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that will allow President Trump’s ban on transgender military service to go into effect, U.S. Senators  Jack Reed (D-RI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Susan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Following President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the free press this week, which culminated with him suggesting that news organizations he disagrees with be shut down, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity holds meetings around the country and is asking states for data and information about voters, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several of his... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. military will not accept transgender troops into its ranks or allow them to serve in any capacity, reversing a policy that began under the Obama administration, U.S. Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led 24 senators in demanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity rescind its request that state election officials provide sensitive... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – After President Trump's administration announced its intention to reverse landmark guidance regarding the accommodation of transgender students in America’s government-funded schools, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today stated:... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced bipartisan legislation today that would update and improve the outdated formula used to distribute funding for crucial housing programs that serve people with... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that NAACP Providence President Jim Vincent will be his guest at President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.  This will be President Obama’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today marked the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) with a call to restore the promise of voting rights for all Americans.  As Americans celebrate this historic moment in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, finding that there is a Constitutional right to same-sex marriage and that states that do not have marriage equality laws must recognize... Read More

WEST WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released the following statement reacting to reports of vandalism including anti-muslim slurs at the Islamic School of Rhode Island in West Warwick over the weekend: "I strongly... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), which oversees federal funding for the U.S. Department of Justice, today met with... Read More