News Releases

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 – U.S. Senator Jack Reed says that neighborhood restaurants are critical to our communities and economy, and that Congress must act quickly to pass bipartisan legislation before more local eateries are put out of business for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Three local fire departments are getting a big staffing boost thanks to a federal public safety staffing grant. Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced a... 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

NARRAGANSETT, RI – Rhode Island fishermen who’ve been negatively impacted by President Trump’s trade wars should soon begin to see some much needed financial relief from the federal government. U.S. Senator Jack Reed says that... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help communities combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Rhode Island, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a new infusion... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI) are urging President Donald Trump to reverse the relocation of the POW/MIA Flag from atop the White House to an area that is less visible and only... 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

CRANSTON, RI - The state’s effort to improve traffic flow around Quonset Business Park and upgrade a key stretch of Route 37, which connects Cranston and Warwick, is getting a $25.3 million boost thanks to two new federal grants announced... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a West Point graduate and the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, condemned President Trump’s language deriding members of the Armed Forces, fallen U.S. service members,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and her colleagues Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Congresswoman Jackie... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $3,884,710 in new federal funding for seventeen fire departments across the state.  The delegation says the cities,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, led a group of twenty-nine senators in sending a letter... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline are demanding that the Trump administration end its sabotage of the United States Postal Service (USPS).  In a letter sent... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused many Americans to scale down anniversary and birthday celebrations.  But that didn’t stop U.S. Senator Jack Reed from commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Social... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – After speaking with Admiral Karl Schultz, Coast Guard Commandant, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, today announced that Rhode Island... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will be able to upgrade its bus fleet thanks to a new federal grant that was secured with the help of U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following joint statement after... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help low-income families shelter in place safely and connect to essential health and educational services amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S.... Read More