News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, urged President Trump to walk back his unsubstantiated statement that that the massive explosion in Beirut was some type of “terrible... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined together in raising serious concerns over foreign actors’ continued efforts to influence the November 2020 presidential election. In... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sent a letter to Secretary of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the U.S. Census Bureau already struggling to administer the 2020 Census amidst a pandemic, the Trump Administration this week announced that it will cut Census data collection operations short by one month.  The once... Read More

Thank you, Senator Inhofe.  I want to join you in welcoming our nominees.  I would also like to thank their families for their support. I would be remiss if I did not once again take a moment to remind my colleagues as we begin this... Read More

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.  Before I turn to today’s witness panel, I must say a few words about the weekend appointment of Anthony Tata to perform the duties of Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.  As everyone here... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Just days after President Trump’s controversial nominee, retired Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata, who President Trump wanted to install as the third highest civilian at the U.S. Department of Defense -- Undersecretary... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with 27 Senate colleagues, today urged U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s desire to condition education funds... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump suggested postponing November’s 2020 election -- an unprecedented move which the President does not have the Constitutional authority to make -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the cancellation of a scheduled nomination hearing for Anthony Tata, nominated to be Under Secretary of Defense... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after the Trump Administration announced plans to move ahead with a plan to withdraw nearly 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany at an undefined cost that Secretary of Defense Esper acknowledged would be “several billion... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – In an effort to showcase the artistic talent of students across Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today unveiled a new virtual art gallery highlighting works of art from high school students across the Ocean... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they requested on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With COVID-19 cases surging and joblessness on the rise, Senate Republican leaders unveiled a $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package known as the HEALS Act that fails to provide assistance where it is most needed. ... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a day after the U.S. Senate voted 86-14 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes a bipartisan amendment directing the Pentagon to establish a process for changing the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- As the Rhode Island Department of Health reported that the state’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 people, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “Today we pause and reflect on the toll this... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to safeguard the nation, the U.S. Senate voted 86-14 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021.  This legislation authorizes funding levels and sets policies to equip,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to expand student loan relief to more Americans, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) are teaming up to introduce the bipartisan Student Loan Fairness... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Citing concerns that the Trump Administration is seeking to use unidentified, heavily-armed armed federal personnel to escalate conflict in American cities where elected state and local officials oppose the federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced that $71.3 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has been... Read More