News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, President Trump sent Congress a copy of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) he has signed with the Islamic Republic of Iran. After reviewing the MOU, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor warning that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is systematically undermining the U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Americans struggle with runaway costs for housing, construction, and household essentials, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a leading champion for affordable housing in Congress, today helped his colleagues in the Senate tee up the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill last night to pause the Trump Administration’s shortsighted dismantling of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), the Administration... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In a big step toward enhancing patient access to life-saving bone marrow and cord blood transplants, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) today unanimously voted to advance U.S Senator Jack Reed’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and fellow Democrats on new legislation to modernize and expand the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank’s mission and strengthen domestic... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a former U.S. Army officer, today held a special ceremony of remembrance at the Cranston Public Library for dozens of family members, friends, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s federal delegation today cheered the U.S. Senate’s passage of bipartisan legislation led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo to posthumously honor America’s first Black military unit with the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off today, and with seven matches scheduled to take place in New England at Gillette Stadium (which FIFA has branded ‘Boston Stadium’ during the World Cup) in Foxborough, Massachusetts, U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, joined veterans and taxpayers from around the country in opposing President Trump’s proposed 250-foot “Triumphal Arch”... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The future of American sunscreen products just got a little brighter – and safer and more effective too, thanks in part to the Sunscreen Innovation Act, a law authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to help companies avoid needless... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Democratic leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) respectively, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) teamed up with Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. National Parks around the country hosted over 323 million visitors last year. While many of the sites managed by the National Park Service (NPS) are free to visit, some require visitors to purchase entrance passes, with those... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after new economic data showed prices rose 4.2 percent annually in May, the third consecutive monthly increase since the start of Trump’s Iran war and a three-year high, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 34 Senate Democrats are refuting the Trump Administration’s claim in a May 1 letter to Congress that the hostilities that began on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Trump’s reckless policies and disastrous war with Iran drives up costs for Americans, Senate Republicans continue to ignore the affordability crisis they have exacerbated and instead rubber-stamp billions more for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is bringing a special... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a leading member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced an affordable housing amendment to Republicans’ partisan reconciliation bill. Despite the fact that Immigration and Customs... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As more swimmers get ready to hit the beach this summer, experts and volunteers from the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are fanning out to collect and study water samples at some of the Ocean State’s most popular... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Following reports this week from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has personally blocked and delayed the promotions of dozens of senior Navy and Air Force officers — in addition to... Read More