News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect national security and send a strong, bipartisan rebuke of the Trump Administration’s reported framework to lift restrictions on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, the Senate Banking Committee... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congress can’t seem to agree on much these days, but today the U.S. House of Representatives came together to pass a bill authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will advance pediatric cancer research and improve... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that two Rhode Island small businesses have won federal grants to help accelerate clean energy breakthroughs. Aquanis, Inc. of East Greenwich, and Prisere LLC, of Warwick, will each receive... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that the state is scheduled to receive $7,380,473 in federal funding to help emergency responders and their partners prepare for and react to a range of crises and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The push to advance pediatric cancer research and improve outcomes for kids with cancer is getting a major boost from Rhode Islanders who know firsthand the value of childhood cancer research and treatment. U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and a bipartisan group of 39 U.S. Senators urging President Donald Trump to appoint a... Read More

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), held an... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  In a major move on behalf of consumers and free speech, the U.S. Senate today passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning the Trump Administration’s repeal of net neutrality rules to preserve a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and an ex officio member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement today on the nomination of Gina... Read More

WARWICK, RI – In an effort to recognize and encourage artistic talent across high schools in Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced the winners of his 2018 High School Arts Competition.  Cosponsored by the RI... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined a group of over 30 U.S. Senators calling on the Trump Administration to put American national security and jobs ahead of China. The Senators wrote a letter to the Administration in response... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to better protect the health and safety of firefighters, the U.S. Senate passed legislation backed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed establishing a national registry to collect occupational information and data to better... Read More

Thank you, Senator Inhofe.  I would like to join you in welcoming our nominees and thank them for their willingness to serve in positions of great responsibility.  I would also like to thank your family members, many of whom are here today,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After a year-long effort, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that the Rhode Island Airport... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and 49 of his Senate colleagues in officially filing a discharge petition to force a vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House announced it would pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

BRISTOL, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced that the Town of Bristol will receive $1,169,096 to rehabilitate the north and south walls of the Prudence Island Ferry Dock... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced over $132,000 in federal funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for two AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) projects in Rhode Island.... Read More

SUBCOMMITTEES Monday, May 21, 2018 5:00 p.m. – Subcommittee on Airland CLOSED | Room SR-232A Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:30 a.m. – Subcommittee on Seapower CLOSED | Room SR-232A 11:00 a.m. – Subcommittee on Readiness CLOSED... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to enhance public safety, curb the opioid epidemic, and strengthen Rhode Island communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is encouraging local law enforcement departments across the state to apply for federal funding... Read More