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Reed prioritizes infrastructure investments to help RI & includes a study to explore options for bringing Amtrak train service to T.F. Green Airport WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today kicked off floor action on its fiscal year 2016... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA) stands to lose over $8.5 million a year in federal funding thanks to a little-noticed amendment to the transportation bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With winter approaching, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced the state is receiving an additional $2,379,951.61 in federal reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, respectively, held a hearing this week to discuss... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to provide new retail, food, and fuel services for both local residents and travelers, as well as a multimodal transit hub, Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation was joined by Governor Gina M. Raimondo... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is receiving $1 million... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress considers a new transportation authorization bill, key members of the Senate Banking Committee led by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today unveiled key principles for public transportation... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today wrote to express their concern with a proposed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to help... Read More

Reed includes several key measures for RI, including a study to explore options for bringing Amtrak train service to T.F. Green Airport WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is warning that steep cuts to federal funding known as the sequester... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – At a hearing today of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) called on Congress to work in a bipartisan fashion to address... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, an amendment introduced by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to increase funding for the successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to improve traffic safety and enhance road safety conditions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive more than $1.65 million in federal MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD), discussed the need for a smart, coordinated, long-term transportation... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Senate Appropriations Committee unveiled its subcommittee roster for the 114th Congress, and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was named the top Democrat on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD)... Read More

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative James Langevin today joined Governor Lincoln Chafee to announce a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for the... Read More

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today met with Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) officials to get a progress report on the T.F. Green modernization plan and a firsthand look at some of the work being done to improve the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 22 to 8 to approve the 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.  The $107.5 billion... Read More

WARWICK, RI – After discussions with key officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), members of Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, and  Peter Frazier,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help more families who are adversely affected by airport noise near T.F. Green Airport, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) will receive $5 million from the... Read More