News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bob Casey (D-PA) today announced the introduction of the Better Educator Support & Training (BEST) Act, which would work to improve resources for teachers by equipping educators with... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In observation of César Chávez Day, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and a number of Democratic colleagues in supporting a resolution to honor and commemorate civil rights... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help reduce new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, increase access to care, and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced over $3.4... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, an amendment introduced by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to increase funding for the successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, are leading a bipartisan coalition of senators in urging the leaders of two Appropriations subcommittees to provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) commended U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after Leader Reid announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016: “It has been an honor to serve alongside Harry... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) welcomed today’s announcement of a new targeted initiative through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address the heroin epidemic.  In... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, March 26, 2015   To receive testimony on U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command and U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — United States Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and dozens of Democratic colleagues today introduced an amendment to the Senate budget resolution that would make college more affordable for middle-class... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following a decision by President Obama to provide additional protections to student loan borrowers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced legislation to ensure... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to provide early learning opportunities for children throughout the state, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $3,298,277 in... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 24, 2015   To receive testimony on United States Middle East Policy (As Prepared for... Read More

New three-year grant worth $50k annually will help Cranston RSVP volunteers, age 55 and older, focus on community projects such as healthy aging, environmental stewardship, and veteran and military family support services CRANSTON, RI – In an... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – During a press conference today at Bradley Hospital in East Providence, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed announced that the hospital will receive $168,354 from the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that 25 Rhode Island communities will receive a total of $3,292,642 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing Operating... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking Committee, today joined with Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce officials to announce that Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet L. Yellen is scheduled to visit Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse welcomed new federal guidelines that oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing processes on public lands be required to disclose the chemicals they use and to meet more... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after Republican leaders unveiled their fiscal year 2016 budget proposal, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, called it “unrealistic and unfair to middle-class... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Jack Reed (D-RI), and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-2) introduced the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act in the Senate and House. The legislation... Read More