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WASHINGTON, DC – Disinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a serious public health risk that has contributed to the spread of the virus and loss of life. In an effort to address, analyze, stop, and counter the rapid spread of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Disinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a serious public health risk that has contributed to the spread of the virus and loss of life. In an effort to address, analyze, stop, and counter the rapid spread of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help thousands of patients suffering from diseases requiring bone marrow and cord blood transplants, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), along with Senators Richard Burr (D-NC), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Tim Scott (R-SC)... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced $300,000 in federal funding for the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) through a Building Our... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, during a hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) questioned the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Robert Redfield about President Trump’s failure to promote... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, under questioning from U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified before a key Senate panel that face masks may provide more... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help save lives and protect consumers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined with nineteen of their Senate colleagues in demanding that pharmaceutical... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the Senate returned from a month-long recess, U.S. Senator Jack Reed urged lawmakers to take up a comprehensive, bipartisan COVID relief package that provides resources to contain the pandemic and help lift the economy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sent a letter to Secretary of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- As the Rhode Island Department of Health reported that the state’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 people, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “Today we pause and reflect on the toll this... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to protect public health, 27 U.S. Senators, led by Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), are calling for Congress to provide at least $5.6 billion in federal funding to develop and support COVID-19 vaccine... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - As cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to spike in many states nationwide and as American families, businesses, communities, and states continue to struggle to cover costs during the pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, lawyers for a Trump-backed lawsuit to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) filed opening briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court.  If the U.S. Supreme Court sides with the Trump Administration in the health care repeal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) takes a severe toll on Americans above the age of 65, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on Congress to prioritize additional federal assistance to help seniors stay healthy, connected, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally posted a vastly scaled down version of its guidance for safely reopening schools, businesses, and other community organizations, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to combat rising suicide rates, a bipartisan bill co-authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to designate 9-8-8 as a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline unanimously passed the U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Americans face record unemployment and the biggest price jump in grocery prices in nearly fifty years, and as communities struggle to reopen due to a lack of adequate novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity, U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Although the Trump Administration has yet to submit a detailed national novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing plan, and the U.S. continues to lag other nations in per-capita diagnostic COVID-19 testing, the White House this week... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As more Americans find themselves in crisis, the U.S. Senate is finally poised to answer U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) call to simplify the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from a ten-digit number to 9-8-8, making... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump recently claimed “testing isn’t necessary” to effectively combat novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the White House reversed course today and tried to take a Rose Garden victory lap under a... Read More