News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to reduce pollution and protect public health, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Administrator Gina McCarthy, and U.S. Representatives... Read More

NEW SHOREHAM, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Representative Jim Langevin today visited Block Island and announced that the Town of New Shoreham is receiving $1.2 million in federal funding to upgrade the Block Island Waste Water Treatment... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help create jobs and improve Rhode Island’s water quality, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is seeking to boost federal investments in upgrading our nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure.  Today,... Read More

BRISTOL, RI –U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined top officials from the Rhode Island Department of Health, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and the Bristol Department of Parks and Recreation to discuss the latest efforts... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved legislation to invest in water infrastructure projects, including an expected $2.5 million in federal funding for Rhode Island, as part of the 2014 Energy and Water Development... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to assist with post-Superstorm Sandy cleanup and recovery efforts, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) will receive $500,000 in federal funds through... Read More

CUMBERLAND, RI – Today, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis traveled to Rhode Island with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and members of Rhode Island’s Congressional... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced $800,000 in federal funding to help clean up brownfield sites in Providence.  A brownfield site is property where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by... Read More

CRANSTON, RI -- In an effort to fund fish and wildlife conservation and recreation projects and preserve open spaces, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $6.7 million for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today led the successful effort to reject cuts to America’s heritage areas and corridors as part of the stopgap Appropriations bill known as the Continuing Resolution (CR).  Reed, the... Read More

Washington, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation is applauding an announcement today by the U.S. Department of Commerce declaring a disaster for the Northeast groundfish fishery.  Last month, Rhode Island joined other... Read More

BRISTOL, RI – In an effort to protect Bristol from flooding, encourage economic growth, and create jobs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined federal and local officials to celebrate construction of the new Tanyard Brook culvert in Bristol,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Legislation to launch an estimated $400,000 study of whether several rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut should be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System is moving forward in Congress. In an effort to preserve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect Rhode Island homeowners and businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today voted for a bipartisan, five-year reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help Rhode Island job seekers find work and develop healthy, green communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced a new $200,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields grant to help... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders and redevelop former industrial sites, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced $1.2 million in federal funding to help clean up brownfields in communities... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help protect Rhode Island's costal habitats and estuarine ecosystems, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced over $1.9 million in federal funding through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today congratulated Classical High School and Nathan Bishop Middle School for being selected among the first winners of the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools recognition.  The... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today called on the U.S. Forest Service to stand ready to assist Rhode Island as the state deals with the elevated risk of forest and brush fires. Over the last several weeks, dry, windy conditions and warm... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight the U.S. Senate voted to advance a measure that would end tax subsidies for large oil companies.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a cosponsor of the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, wants to end corporate welfare... Read More