News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to protect dairy farmers in Rhode Island and across the nation amid the dairy industry’s current financial crisis, U.S. Senator Jack Reed has joined 60 other lawmakers in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – In an effort to improve the state’s transportation network and transform sections of Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced a $13.1 million federal boost for building a... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $986,705 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist ten Rhode Island communities in deploying local strategies to empower assisted housing... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today praised the passage of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) bill to improve heroin and painkiller addiction treatment and joined with more than 30 colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a years-long push from U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today joined with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung to announce $17,776,750 in federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and other colleagues in cosponsoring the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act, a bipartisan bill to establish investment tax credits (ITC) for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure our nation has a more flexible and resilient power system, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) are introducing the Storage Technology for Operational Readiness and Generating Energy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued an historic judgement in the case of The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following reports that the Federal Reserve is working with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on new safeguards to better shield Americans, financial... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to address jet noise that impacts residents living around T.F. Green Airport, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $9,322,986 in federal funding for jet noise mitigation. The federal funds, administered by... Read More

I would like to join the Chairman in welcoming our witnesses and thanking them for appearing here today to discuss these important and timely issues. The NATO alliance and our partners are confronted by a security landscape that has undergone drastic... Read More

Providence, RI – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin today announced that the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- With peak mosquito season approaching, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive $170,651 in federal funding to help the state combat Zika in Rhode Island.  The Centers for Disease Control and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure that Rhode Island’s emergency responders and their federal partners are prepared to react to a range of crises and security challenges – from plane crashes to natural disasters to a... Read More

Thank you Mr. Chairman.  I, too, would like to welcome our distinguished witnesses and thank them for their willingness to testify at this important hearing. We have a uniquely qualified panel before us today to discuss a Committee proposal that... Read More

WASHINGTOIN, DC -- In an effort to prevent homelessness, reduce recidivism, and find more effective strategies to deliver assistance to those in need, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless (RICH) and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued a statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 split decision on the case of United States v. Texas, which lets stand a lower court ruling against the President’s Executive Action... Read More

QUONSET, RI – In an effort to help create jobs and increase Rhode Island’s port capacity, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative James Langevin today announced that the U.S. Economic Development... Read More

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.  I join you in welcoming our nominees.  The positions for which these individuals have been nominated involve significant and challenging duties. Both nominees today are, in my view, eminently qualified... Read More