News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – To better address the alarming rise in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and prevent and punish anti-Asian hate crimes, the U.S. Senate today voted 94-1 to pass an expanded version of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement after Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd: “I think every American was rightfully angered by that video of George Floyd being brutally,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to address the rise of hate crimes and unprovoked violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Senate voted 92-6 to advance the COVID-19 Hate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which was introduced by Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act and related federal laws to ban discrimination against lesbian, gay,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing the need for a federal paid family and medical leave policy that covers all working Americans for serious caregiving and medical reasons, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to end wage discrimination and close the gender pay gap, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)  is renewing the push to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.  Senator Reed has once again cosponsored legislation to strengthen the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Biden Administration announced it will repeal the Trump Administration’s discriminatory and restrictive policy that blocked transgendered individuals from serving in the U.S. military, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in reaction to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s error-riddled ruling that echoes President Trump’s false talking points about how states have and will count votes in this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After thoroughly reviewing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today discussed his decision to vote against the nomination of Judge Coney Barrett for the United States Supreme Court.Over the weekend, the... 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 helped pass a bill to rename Central Falls’ post office after a leader in the Rhode Island abolitionist and suffrage movements.  Late last night, the full U.S. Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Defense Department formally implemented the Trump Administration’s discriminatory transgender service policy on Tuesday night, barring troops transgender individuals and those who require treatment for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the 54th anniversary of the first Selma to Montgomery voting rights march, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined with U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Doug Jones (D-AL) and a host of colleagues in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that will allow President Trump’s ban on transgender military service to go into effect, U.S. Senators  Jack Reed (D-RI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Susan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Following President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the free press this week, which culminated with him suggesting that news organizations he disagrees with be shut down, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity holds meetings around the country and is asking states for data and information about voters, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several of his... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. military will not accept transgender troops into its ranks or allow them to serve in any capacity, reversing a policy that began under the Obama administration, U.S. Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led 24 senators in demanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity rescind its request that state election officials provide sensitive... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – After President Trump's administration announced its intention to reverse landmark guidance regarding the accommodation of transgender students in America’s government-funded schools, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today stated:... Read More