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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 31-0 to approve the fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Senate Appropriations bill, providing a total of $60.058 billion in... 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. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 50-50, with Vice President Pence breaking the tie, to proceed to legislation that takes them one step closer to repealing the Affordable... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Senate Republicans scramble to reach consensus within their party on a way to advance their latest version of an unworkable Trumpcare bill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging them to stop sowing uncertainty and destabilizing... Read More

WEST WARWICK, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $337,819 in federal funding to help the West Warwick Fire Department purchase a new fire truck to enhance the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was diagnosed with a brain tumor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: "John McCain is an American hero and a true statesman.  He never gives up and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rhode Island transportation officials and business leaders have long asked what it would take to bring Amtrak to T.F. Green Airport.  To help answer that question, U.S. Senator Jack Reed included language in the fiscal year 2016... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are calling for a multi-pronged strategy to battle the opioid epidemic and expressing deep concern that the Trump Administration is not taking swift, meaningful... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I’d like to join you in welcoming our nominees and thanking them for their willingness to serve in positions of great responsibility in the Department of Defense.  I would also like to thank your family... Read More

I want to join Senator Inhofe in welcoming General Selva this morning, and I also want to join him in wishing Senator McCain a full and speedy recovery.   General Selva, as this committee considers your reappointment to be the Vice Chairman of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline joined Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza in announcing over $974,000 in federal funding to help the Providence Fire Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an $852,735 performance partnership grant (PPG) to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to help protect human health and the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced $1.98 million to prepare Rhode Island’s coastline for rising seas.  The funding comes from the... Read More

Thank you, Chairman Collins. Secretary Chao, I look forward to your testimony today.  We have always had a very productive relationship with your Department, and I look forward to that relationship continuing under your leadership. Chairman... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing on the events in Montenegro and the Russian malign influence threat in Europe.  Let me add my welcome to our witnesses and thank them for appearing this morning.  The events in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released its updated NEC FUTURE plan to modernize passenger rail service on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the revised 30-year vision shows... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I’d like to join you in welcoming our nominees and thanking them for their willingness to serve in positions with great responsibility in the Department of Defense.  I’d also like to thank your family... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), an ex officio member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement: “We may not know every detail and there may be more to come, but no American... Read More

Mr. Chairman, thank you.  Let me join you in welcoming Mr. Spencer to the Committee.  Thank you for your willingness to serve as Secretary of the Navy.  I also want to thank your family for their support.  Let me also recognize... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20... Read More