News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to reduce food waste from field to table and help Rhode Islanders in need increase access healthy, locally-grown food, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced a new $100,000 federal grant for the University... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have enacted bans on Confederate imagery and, according to public news reports, all of the U.S. military services have agreed unanimously to recommend barring the display of the Confederate flag on... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Noting that the bus and motorcoach industry is an important link in the nation’s transportation network that has a major economic impact and employs nearly 90,000 Americans, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help libraries nationwide respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue providing communities with needed services, resources, technology, and broadband access, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cosponsored the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act.  This legislation would designate Juneteenth as a permanent  holiday to commemorate the end... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Late last night, Congress unanimously voted to extend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) authority to approve Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans through August 8, 2020.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, announced that the state will receive $8,433,558 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - As cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to spike in many states nationwide and as American families, businesses, communities, and states continue to struggle to cover costs during the pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In a midnight tweet seeking once again to divide rather than unite Americans, President Trump vowed to prioritize keeping bases named after Confederate generals over the welfare of U.S. forces who are fighting to defend our... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to boost water infrastructure projects and provide clean, safe drinking water for all Rhode Islanders, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $21,789,000 in Congressionally-appropriated State Revolving Funds (SRFs)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump Administration wrongly sidestepped Congress in ordering the U.S. Department of Defense to divert $2.5 billion in military funding to a U.S.-Mexico border wall - in a move... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - After it was publicly reported that U.S. Intelligence concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, lawyers for a Trump-backed lawsuit to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) filed opening briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court.  If the U.S. Supreme Court sides with the Trump Administration in the health care repeal... Read More

Mr. President, today I introduce, along with Senator Inhofe, Senator Jones, Senator Moran, and Senator Hyde-Smith, the DOE EPSCoR Modernization Act of 2020. As many of our colleagues are aware, the Department of Energy Established Program to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Jack Reed (D-RI) led a group of 15 senators in calling for answers from the Treasury Department about ongoing difficulties facing Americans who received their CARES... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) cheered the U.S. Navy’s decision to add an additional $869,043,785 order for submarine work that will take place in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Virginia. The U.S. Navy has reached an... Read More

BRISTOL, RI – Rhode Island is one of 10 states that will share more than $10.4 million in new federal grants for boating infrastructure projects, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced today. The state will receive a $113,498 Boating Infrastructure... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night Attorney General William Barr abruptly attempted to oust the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, which has jurisdiction over several sensitive cases relating to the Trump Organization.  But... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Navy leadership decided to permanently reassign Captain Brett Crozier, former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As health and education officials develop novel coronavirus (COVID-19) guidelines, precautions, and restrictions for reopening schools this fall, Senate Democrats are urging Congress and the Trump Administration to act with the... Read More