News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Congressional leaders and President Trump reached a tentative, short-term agreement to end the Trump Shutdown and temporarily reopen the government without new wall funds, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted on two competing proposals to end the Trump shutdown and reopen the federal government.  Both measures required 60 votes to advance, and neither proposal garnered enough for passage. President... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to encourage and inspire more Americans to serve their communities and the nation, the independent National Commission on Military, National and Public Service has spent the last year researching barriers to service,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Trump’s appointee to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) signals the agency will no longer use its authority and tools to actively protect U.S. military personnel from predatory lenders and ensure... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Trump Administration transmitted a required climate change risk assessment report to Congress that was supposed to be comprehensive and include a top 10 list of the most vulnerable installations from... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Trump Administration unveiled a new missile defense doctrine that calls for new investments in advanced technology, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following statement after news reports that four Americans were among 19 people killed by an ISIS suicide bomber in northern... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today sent a letter to the White House... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a U.S. District Court Judge blocked the Trump Administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Decennial Census and found that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the law, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect consumers and get seniors a better deal on prescription drug costs, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined with Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to lower... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s wall demands: “Tonight, President Trump failed to make a convincing case for his... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Eight years after a gunman killed six people and severely wounded then-U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) at a community constituent meeting she was hosting, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined with his colleagues in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), the Ranking Member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, are demanding answers from the Trump Administration... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump threatened to use emergency powers to try to use U.S. Department of Defense funds and military... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Angus King (I-ME), and Susan Collins (R-ME) today re-introduced the bipartisan Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act, which will dedicate Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, the full U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rhode Island’s Assistant Attorney General Aaron L. Weisman to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office for Rhode Island.  The Trump Administration tapped Mr. Weisman for the... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), today announced a new $3 million federal grant to support the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to protect students who use federal financial aid from being charged unfair fees on financial products that institutions of higher education are paid to promote, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and six of his Senate colleagues... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after Defense Secretary James Mattis announced that he is resigning and will leave the Pentagon in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help libraries and museums upgrade their technology, better serve their communities, and boost America’s educational infrastructure, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved U.S. Senator Jack... Read More