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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to address the opioid crisis, the U.S. Senate today voted 98-1 to approve a broad, bipartisan package of opioid legislation.  Known as the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help save lives and assist people in crisis, the U.S. Senate today unanimously approved an amendment by U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Jack Reed (D-RI) to increase funding for the National Suicide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline (D-RI) announced a substantial increase in federal funding made available for Rhode Island’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in the Oval Office, President Trump signed into law The Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act (S. 292), which was authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed. Reed’s bipartisan bill,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – After President Trump failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), his Administration tried to undermine it: repealing the individual mandate; ending cost-sharing reduction payments; expanding junk insurance plans; and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congress can’t seem to agree on much these days, but today the U.S. House of Representatives came together to pass a bill authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will advance pediatric cancer research and improve... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The push to advance pediatric cancer research and improve outcomes for kids with cancer is getting a major boost from Rhode Islanders who know firsthand the value of childhood cancer research and treatment. U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to better support children’s health care needs, a key Senate Committee today advanced a bipartisan bill co-authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and several of their colleagues that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined with 45 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter urging the Trump Administration to halt a proposed regulation that would expand the use of short-term... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to improve access to prenatal care and enhance the quality of health care for mothers and babies, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Legislation to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year took an important step forward today when the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously passed the Childhood... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump proclaimed in August that he would declare the opioid crisis a “national emergency,” which his own opioid commission had recommended, the Trump Administration instead today stopped short of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As communities across the country struggle with prescription drug abuse and opioid addiction, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is encouraging Rhode Islanders to take advantage of the upcoming National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the bipartisan health care framework to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA): “I commend Senators Alexander and Murray for working together to bridge the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order intended to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cause uncertainty in U.S. health insurance markets... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement after Senate Republicans announced that they will not bring the Graham-Cassidy Trumpcare bill to a vote on the Senate floor after it became apparent that they lacked enough... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, after the Senate rejected a bill designed to roll back key parts of the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: "Tonight, families across Rhode Island and across the country can... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 50-50, with Vice President Pence breaking the tie, to proceed to legislation that takes them one step closer to repealing the Affordable... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Senate Republicans scramble to reach consensus within their party on a way to advance their latest version of an unworkable Trumpcare bill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging them to stop sowing uncertainty and destabilizing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are calling for a multi-pronged strategy to battle the opioid epidemic and expressing deep concern that the Trump Administration is not taking swift, meaningful... Read More