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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously voted 31-0 to approve the fiscal year 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill, providing a total of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After a year-long effort, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that the Rhode Island Airport... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its continuing effort to fix our bridges and roads, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has targeted Route 37, which connects Cranston and Warwick, for major improvements and repairs.  Today... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –In an effort to enhance rail safety and prevent deadly accidents, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), who helm the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD),... Read More

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Governor Gina M. Raimondo, and officials from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and Amtrak joined together at the newly renovated Kingston Station to celebrate the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 31-0 to approve the fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Senate Appropriations bill, providing a total of $60.058 billion in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rhode Island transportation officials and business leaders have long asked what it would take to bring Amtrak to T.F. Green Airport.  To help answer that question, U.S. Senator Jack Reed included language in the fiscal year 2016... Read More

Thank you, Chairman Collins. Secretary Chao, I look forward to your testimony today.  We have always had a very productive relationship with your Department, and I look forward to that relationship continuing under your leadership. Chairman... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released its updated NEC FUTURE plan to modernize passenger rail service on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the revised 30-year vision shows... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing And Urban Development And Related Agencies Jack Reed (D-RI) issued a joint statement on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is extending the deadline for public comment on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) FUTURE preferred alternative. The public comment period was... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced the award... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined with Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and officials from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) to celebrate a newly completed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hailed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) final rule that explicitly bans the use of electronic cigarettes on commercial flights.  The final rule applies to all scheduled... Read More

WARWICK, RI – As the work upgrading T.F. Green Airport continues, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regional Administrator Amy Corbett, Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) President and CEO Kelly... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congress approved the $1.15 trillion Fiscal Year 2016 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations bill, also known as the omnibus, that included many important provisions for Rhode Island families. U.S. Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House and Senate Appropriations committees filed a $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2016. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is being allocated an additional $4,346,001 in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following a push by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and other leading Democrats from the Northeast corridor, the joint... Read More