News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed is welcoming $336,000 in new federal funding for Rhode Island to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities.  The federal funds will pay for analytical water testing for schools and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Rhode Island’s efforts to increase publicly available electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and make it more convenient for drivers of electric vehicles to charge up their cars is getting a $15 million jolt in federal... Read More

WATCH: video from this event available here PROVIDENCE, RI – Microplastics are everywhere these days: Oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams across the planet are increasingly burdened with plastic pollution.  To protect people and wildlife and prevent... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Building on years of work to assist flood-prone residents in the Pocasset River Watershed, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced the Rhode Island office of the U.S.... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding a team of academic researchers led by the University of Rhode Island (URI) $8 million through the Established Program... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – Standing in front of the oldest surviving residence in Newport, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined the Newport Historical Society (NHS) to deliver nearly $400,000 in federal funds to help historians preserve the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in response to Donald Trump once again denigrating American servicemembers and belittling our military heroes who were injured or killed in the line of duty, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Nearly 84 years after the first official Army parachute jump at what was then Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia in 1940, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating August 16, 2024 as “National Airborne Day,” commemorating... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today welcomed the historic announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of lower drug prices for ten of the most expensive prescription drugs in Medicare, which were subject to negotiations between the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has been awarded $9.2 million in federal funding to advance the next phase of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure Rhode Island firefighters have the equipment and training they need to safely and effectively protect and serve their communities, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner... Read More

HOPKINTON, RI – Long-standing plans to address public health and safety concerns posed by the vacant 120-year-old Ashaway School Building property have moved forward thanks to a $465,000 federal earmark for the Town of Hopkinton secured by U.S.... Read More

WAKEFIELD, RI – Thanks to a federal earmark secured by U.S. Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Seth Magaziner, South Kingstown’s most utilized public library is moving forward with planning much-needed renovations to transform underutilized spaces and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – For over five decades, Rhode Island Legal Services (RILS) has provided critical, comprehensive legal services to victims of domestic and intimate partner violence. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth... Read More

CUMBERLAND, RI – In an effort to help the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island continue to strengthen and expand programming and services for local youth, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Gabe Amo teamed up to deliver an $850,000... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen the U.S. financial sector, protect the U.S. economy, and hold banks and private equity firms accountable, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is urging the Federal Reserve to scrutinize the risks associated with... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that three Rhode Island organizations are set to receive $134,000 in federal grants from the Institute of Museum and Library... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to accelerate research and treatment advances for rare diseases that affect children, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) teamed up this week to introduce the Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Russia freed 16 unjustly detained prisoners, including three American citizens and an American green card holder, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement on the historic multinational agreement,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for tomorrow to provide tax relief to families and businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is urging his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to support the bipartisan, House-passed Tax Relief for... Read More