News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The U.S. Farm Bill has a big impact on Rhode Island and the livelihoods of farmers, producers, food industry workers, and residents who receive supplemental nutrition assistance.  Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed hosted a Farm... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House released its topline budget blueprint for fiscal year 2024, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 44 Senate colleagues in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023, federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Recognizing that military service is often a family affair that requires sacrifice from family members as well as service members, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is renewing his push to pass the Helping Heroes Act of 2023,... Read More

SCITUATE, RI – In an effort to help raise awareness about senior hunger, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island to deliver meals to senior citizens as part of the annual “March for Meals” campaign, which aims... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives David Cicilline and Seth Magaziner announced $5,242,766 in new federal funding for four local fire departments across Rhode Island. The federal... Read More

WARWICK, RI -- On Monday, March 6, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), will join General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) for their annual legislative update meeting.  The in-person event, hosted... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As scammers find new ways and employ sophisticated schemes to dupe customers using instant peer-to-peer payment systems like Zelle to send money on the platform under fraudulent pretenses, a leading group of U.S. Senators is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Joe Biden nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie A. Su to be the next Secretary of Labor, replacing current Secretary Marty Walsh, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help workers in Rhode Island and nationwide, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are renewing their push to pass the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- With U.S. national security at stake, the U.S. government is getting set to invest $52 billion to develop advanced computer chip manufacturing plants across the United States.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island is home to some of the oldest building stock in the country, including 45 National Historic Landmarks and thousands of other buildings in service as schools, businesses, homes, and houses of worship. In... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In celebration of Black History Month, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS) and Rhode Island College (RIC) for a community conversation on the importance of teaching Black history... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A new stream of $15,579,000 in federal clean water financing is flowing to Rhode Island this week thanks to a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) championed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed. ... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With Medicaid redetermination looming -- which could lead to millions of Americans losing their Medicaid eligibility as states return health coverage programs to pre-COVID status -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says it is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help more Rhode Islanders reduce their home energy costs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island is getting an additional $6.65 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who is travelling overseas today, issued the following statement after Congressman David Cicilline announced that he plans to resign from Congress later this year to become president and CEO of the Rhode... Read More

NEW DELHI, INDIA – Today, after U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy and reaffirm America’s commitment to Ukraine, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing the critical role that a free and independent press plays in a functioning democracy, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today expressed concern over the Cambodian government’s revocation of the operating... Read More

WEST WARWICK, RI – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the tragic Station Nightclub fire, which took the lives of 100 people and injured hundreds more on February 20, 2003, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), issued the following statement: “A... Read More