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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Joe Biden signed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act into law, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who voted for the bill, issued the following statement: “This is a breakthrough victory for all... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to ensure safe, clean, lead-free drinking water, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined Providence Water and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to highlight a new $3.3 million earmark the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the City of Providence has been awarded $7.8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined a group of 14 U.S. Senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging Senate leadership to... Read More

WARWICK, RI – After Congress passed the largest expansion of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in generations, President Joe Biden signed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics... Read More

NEWPORT, RI -- The days of diesel-powered buses rolling along Aquidneck Island streets are numbered, thanks to a new federal RAISE grant to procure 25 new clean-energy electric buses and recharging infrastructure. Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden signed the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act (HR 4346), known as ‘CHIPS-Plus.’  This new law will boost U.S. computer chip... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin voting this weekend on a filibuster-proof inflation reduction package that includes key health, climate, and deficit reduction initiatives.  Through a process known as ‘budget... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate today voted 51-50 to pass a historic anti-inflation package that includes key health, climate, and deficit reduction initiatives.  Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Unfairly high home energy bills are enough to leave anyone steamed, but that won’t keep people warm during the coldest winter months. To help reduce residential energy costs and protect vulnerable Americans from price... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In a bisque, on a toasted bun, or dipped in melted butter, however you prefer to enjoy lobster, be sure to mark your calendar for Sunday, September 25, 2022 which the U.S. Senate just officially designated as “National... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In the face of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Senate resoundingly endorsed the admission of Sweden and Finland into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a bipartisan group of former U.S. Treasury Secretaries, along with economists from across the political spectrum, urged Congress to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.  This legislation would help lower costs... Read More

Leading Senate Democrats Praise Extension of Yemen Truce WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, after the U.S. Senate voted 86-11 to pass the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect doctors who provide abortion care in states such as Rhode Island, where the procedure is still legal, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, two dozen Republican Senators recklessly reversed their prior support for the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, citing erroneous... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:“The elimination of Al Qaeda’s al-Zawahri is welcome news.  He was Osama bin Laden’s... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse visited PACE Rhode Island’s flagship center in East Providence to meet with seniors and joined East Providence Mayor Roberto DaSilva and officials from... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Rhode Island has a shortage of 24,000 affordable homes for low-income residents, according to data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.  And a new report by Boutique Home Plans ranks Rhode Island last in the country... Read More