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PROVIDENCE, RI – As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve and spread across the U.S., Rhode Island today became the ninth state to declare a state of emergency to try and combat the virus. U.S. Senator Jack Reed said the... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Next week, starting March 12, Americans will begin receiving letters from the U.S. Census Bureau inviting them to fill out the 2020 Census.  And for the first time in U.S. Census history, the mailed invitations will... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to bolster public health resources and help stop the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Senate today approved a bipartisan $8 billion funding package to combat the outbreak. U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a... Read More

Thank you, Senator Inhofe, for holding this hearing to consider funding levels for the Department of Defense.  I join you in welcoming our witnesses this morning, and I look forward to their testimony. Before we consider the details of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to stand up for workers’ rights and organized labor, the entire Senate Democratic Caucus today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper urging the Pentagon to uphold workplace protections and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After meeting today with Vice President Mike Pence and other Trump Administration officials in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “We need to work... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- As the coronavirus (COVID-19) casts an uncertain shadow over many small businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for the federal government to step up and offer low-interest loans to U.S. small businesses that suffer heavy... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to protect families from carbon monoxide poisoning, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $126,282 in federal funding to help the Providence Housing Authority (PHA) purchase, replace, and install new smoke and... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I want to join Senator Wicker in welcoming Secretary Barret and General Goldfein to the Committee this morning to testify on the plans and programs of the Department of the Air Force in our review of the Fiscal Year... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Trump Administration withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker, who was nominated to be comptroller of the U.S. Department of Defense, but whose nomination was effectively killed by the White House in retaliation... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, after the Rhode Island Department of Health announced the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “We’ve taken... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement in response to the White House transfer of $37 million in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to combat the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of the flu-like coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, that has already affected over 80,000 people worldwide is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Department of Defense’s recently released Military... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After Trump Administration officials held a closed briefing today for members of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, urged the White House to be more proactive in... Read More

Thank you, Chairman Inhofe, and I join you in welcoming our witnesses this morning.  General Wolters is testifying for the first time before this committee in his current position as Commander of U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and nine other Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to... Read More

WARWICK, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies (T-HUD), announced a new $4,725,000 Airport Improvement Program (AIP)... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Rhode Island will receive $8,030,040 in federal funding to enhance public safety and support... Read More