News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today commended General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB), the U.S. Navy, and labor leaders for working together to reach a tentative agreement that will increase wages for workers at Electric Boat’s Quonset... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  -- President Donald Trump’s efforts to curry favor from several wealthy royal families that rule over countries in the Middle East and cut artificial intelligence deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees voted along party lines to severely cut Medicaid and blow a hole in America’s health care system in order to provide bigger tax benefits to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to better serve military members who selflessly served our nation and address the unique housing challenges veterans face, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are teaming up to advance the Disabled... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Following news reports that President Donald Trump plans to accept a $400 million luxury jumbo jet as a gift from the Qatari government in violation of the Constitution, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate today highlighting that the Medicaid portions of the House Republican billionaires-first tax bill would lead to 10.3 million Americans losing coverage under the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) embarks on phase one of a multi-phase plan to remove dozens of buoys from waters along Rhode Island’s coast and the surrounding area, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump announced that he would accept a luxury plane as a gift from the Qatari royal family to be used as Air Force One, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says House Republicans are proposing “catastrophic cuts” to federal Medicaid funding that goes to states to help provide health coverage.  In Rhode Island, the federal-state program pays for about 1 in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Last night, President Trump abruptly fired the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla D. Hayden, who was nominated by former President Barrack Obama and confirmed with 74 votes by the U.S. Senate in 2016.  Dr. Hayden was the first woman,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to crack down on corruption and prevent the swindling of unsuspecting crypto users, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is sounding the alarm about corruption surrounding the Trump family’s cryptocurrency “meme coins” and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, Illinois was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name Pope Leo XIV, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement congratulating and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Over the past three months, the Trump Administration has surged military personnel to the Southwest Border, Guantanamo Bay, and the U.S. southern coasts. The Administration has spent nearly $500 billion and engaged tens of thousands... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As hurricane season approaches, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is leading Senate colleagues in sounding the alarm about President Trump’s attacks on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the Trump administration unfroze $251 million in previously announced federal funding to support critical... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of a key Senate vote, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today urged his colleagues to protect Social Security and oppose the confirmation of Frank Bisignano, a downsizing specialist who President Donald Trump nominated to lead the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following troubling reports that tech billionaire Elon Musk may have misused his White House position and access to drum up private deals in foreign countries for Starlink, his satellite internet service, U.S. Senators Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After the Trump administration issued a 2026 budget proposal that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and other federal agencies that support culture, the arts,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued guidance to eliminate large swaths of the general and flag officer positions in the U.S. military. The directive would eliminate the positions for 20% of active-duty four-star generals... Read More