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Conference Committee Approves $980K to Upgrade Providence Emergency Operations Center
In an effort to improve homeland security, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the House-Senate Conference Committee approved the fiscal year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. This legislation provides c...
Posted on 10/15/2009 | -
Reed Announces Over $350,000 in Federal Aid to Bolster Newport's Emergency Preparedness
NEWPORT, RI - As coastal states brace against the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined Newport City Manager Edward Lavallee and Newport Police Chief Michael McKenna at the Newport Police Department to discuss over $350,000 in new federal aid that will help p...
Posted on 9/8/2008 | -
Key Senate Committee Approves Reed Bill to Improve Federal Coastal Flood Maps
The Senate Banking Committee today gave its stamp of approval to legislation authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to improve the maps the federal government uses to predict the risk of flooding. Reed's mapping legislation was included in the committee-approved Flood I...
Posted on 10/17/2007 | -
Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Homeland Security Legislation
roviding a significant increase in federal aid to help safeguard Rhode Island and the nation, the Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a spending bill to provide an 8 percent increase in federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 200...
Posted on 6/14/2007 | -
Rhode Island to Receive Nearly $2 Million for State and Local Emergency Management
n an effort to help Rhode Island's state and local first responders better prepare for an emergency, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is awarding the state of Rhode Island $1,876,560 in federal Emergency Management Performance Grants Pro...
Posted on 2/28/2007 | -
Floor Statement on Hurricane Preparedness
MR. REED: Mr. President, as indicated previously, I would like to make a short statement pertaining to the supplemental appropriations conference report before us. It is interesting; my colleague from Florida spoke about the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. One of those lessons is we have to be prepared. In Rho...
Posted on 6/13/2006 | -
Rhode Island Receives Emergency Declaration for Blizzard of 2005
Washington- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today that Rhode Island has received an emergency declaration for the January 22-23 Blizzard of 2005. The declaration means Rhode Island will be eligible for federal funds to help reimburse the state and local comm...
Posted on 2/18/2005 |
