News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In a stunning reversal that goes against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own mission statement, the Trump Administration unveiled a revised Clean Air Act rule that weakens emission limits for dangerous nitrogen oxide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After retired U.S. Navy officer and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) filed a lawsuit in DC federal court seeking to reverse U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s letter of censure and potentially demote Kelly’s rank, U.S.... Read More

WARWICK, RI – Over 48,000 Rhode Islanders depend on HealthSource RI for health insurance coverage to protect themselves and their families. Those Rhode Islanders are facing huge increases in their health insurance premiums because of Republican... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – To reassert Congress’s Article I powers to declare war and prevent President Trump from engaging in further unauthorized military action in Venezuela, the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 today to advance a bipartisan war powers... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to cut bureaucratic red tape and expedite the process to get more struggling veterans off the streets and into housing or other supportive services they need, Congress passed the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the five-year anniversary of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, during which a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol following Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat and injured over 140 heroic... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he is retreating from his threat to court martial U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a decorated combat veteran, and is instead seeking administrative actions to reduce the retirement... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the Trump Administration’s arbitrary and unscientific changes to the childhood vaccine schedule announcement today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “It is astounding that at the same time... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, after President Trump ordered a military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas and claimed that the United States will “run” Venezuela, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – After the Trump Administration today announced it is once again halting offshore wind projects across the nation – including Revolution Wind, which is 85 percent complete and located approximately 15 miles off the southern shore of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as ‘bird flu’ or ‘avian flu’ continues to spread worldwide and decimate American poultry flocks, it has also now infected dairy herds in 18 states. While the European Centre for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After a public records request showed that nearly 1,800 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) employees have left or been forced out of the agency -- a loss of 18 percent of the service’s staff -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “The Brown shooting was a horrific tragedy. Even though the suspected gunman is dead, this continues to be a complex case with many remaining questions. More answers will... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding the ongoing congressional inquiries into the Trump Administration’s military operations in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – During this year’s busy holiday shopping period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, consumers spent a record amount of over $1 billion in purchases with Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options, according to data from Adobe Analytics. As... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted 77-20 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 (S.1071). The measure previously passed the full U.S. House of Representatives and now goes to the president’s desk to be... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In addition to filing an amicus brief challenging Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought’s attempt to dismantle the agency by illegally denying it the funds it needs to operate, members of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – When it comes to the sale of firearms, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse say the rule should be simple: ‘no background check, no sale’ for all firearm transfers and purchases. In an effort to keep dangerous weapons out... Read More

***VIDEO: SASC Ranking Member Reed delivers floor speech on FY26 NDAA*** WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen military readiness, revitalize our industrial base, and provide our troops with a pay raise and the tools to deter and defeat... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Tonight, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) released the following statement on the shooting at Brown University earlier today at the Barus & Holley engineering and physics building: “This is a horrific, active, and unfolding tragedy... Read More