News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as the U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term with a new justice, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Averting a government shutdown before the end of the fiscal year, the U.S. Senate today voted 72-25 to pass a short-term appropriations measure to keep the federal government operating on existing funding levels through... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that the federal agency is awarding federal funds to three key climate-smart projects that will benefit Rhode Island.... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to enhance public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced new federal justice assistance grants totaling $1,297,839 for local police... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – Meticulously cataloguing and preserving ‘ship loads’ of naval warfare artifacts, documents, and cultural treasures is an ongoing battle for the U.S. Naval War College Museum.  But now the museum is getting some... Read More

JOHNSTON, RI -- Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine is having a chilling effect in Rhode Island and across the globe: it’s causing the cost of heating homes worldwide to spike this winter.  And the problem is exacerbated by... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Early this morning, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a short-term appropriations bill, often referred to as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the federal government funded at current levels until... Read More

BARRINGTON, RI – The once-busy bicycle bridges that cyclists and pedestrians relied upon to cross the Barrington River and Palmer River as they traversed the popular East Bay Bike Path will soon be restored thanks to new federal funding secured... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As drug overdose rates spike and a growing number of people seek treatment services for substance use disorder, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, the largest non-profit, outpatient provider for opioid treatment in Rhode Island, is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to connect Rhode Islanders struggling with mental health issues, opioid use disorder, and other behavioral health issues to treatment, recovery and prevention services, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Senate voted to ratify a major climate treaty, passing the Kigali Amendment to add hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal Protocol, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who voted in favor of the measure, issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to help local fire departments improve operations and safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $2,713,266 to help the fire departments in... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- When predatory and violent sex offenders are released from prison or move to Rhode Island, the community has a right to know. In an effort to enhance public safety, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced $244,540 in federal funding for... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced an $82.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s INFRA Grant Program to upgrade the iconic... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The wheels of progress are starting to turn and bike path improvements that have been in the works for years can now move ahead thanks to new federal funding secured by U.S. Senator Jack Reed. Today, Senator Reed joined... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lara E. Montecalvo’s nomination to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by a bipartisan vote of 52-47.  Montecalvo, who has led the office of the Rhode Island... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Lara E. Montecalvo’s nomination to serve on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit cleared a key Senate hurdle today.  In a Senate procedure known as a ‘cloture vote,’ which is a... Read More

KINGSTON, RI – The United States has made real progress in reducing pollution and cleaning up waterways.  But the proliferation of plastics pollution, while largely invisible to the human eye, is becoming alarmingly worse. Microplastics... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – Seven fire departments throughout Rhode Island have been awarded new federal grants to bolster training, acquire equipment, and increase safety in the latest round of funding made available through the Assistance to Firefighters... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Edward W. Leeming, a 89 year-old North Kingstown native, was just 17 when he joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and deployed to Korea the following year. On November 30, 1950, U.S. Army Private First Class Leeming was wounded by enemy... Read More