News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a nearly $1.7 million grant to the Newport County Development Council of Newport, Rhode... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island public libraries have been playing a key role in helping job seekers with employment services and adult education classes.  Thanks to U.S. Senator Jack Reed, they are receiving federal funds to support and... Read More

CRANSTON, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $791,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for a study on teen dating violence, which will be conducted... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to deny safe haven to the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the U.S. Senate today voted for a limited authorization measure to train and equip vetted members of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- After successfully waging a years long campaign for stronger sunscreen standards and labeling, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) scored another key victory for consumers when the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Reed’s Sunscreen... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Sunscreen Innovation Act, co-authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), was approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions today in a unanimous voice vote, advancing... Read More

Watch Sen. Reed’s Remarks & Questioning at Today’s Hearing: http://cs.pn/1m8NMUb WASHINGTON, DC – During a hearing today on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) addressed the growing global public... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Thanks to a law authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the University of Rhode Island (URI) will receive over $475,000 in federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to launch a multi-year project... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After years of hard work and months of bipartisan negotiations, Congress is on the verge of passing bipartisan legislation to update a law that will help ensure high-quality child care for more children in Rhode Island and... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin announced today that the Narragansett Fire Department will receive a $54,726 grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help spur economic development and smart growth in Providence and better connect neighborhoods to downtown, Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation today announced that the City of Providence is receiving... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after President Obama's national address on the threat posed by the terrorist group ISIL: “Tonight, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the clock ticking and thousands of Liberians living legally in the United States facing the possibility of deportation in less than three weeks, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is ratcheting up calls for the White House to... Read More

WARWICK, RI – As the T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program gets off the ground, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today joined with U.S. Senator Jack Reed,... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx toured some of Rhode Island’s key port infrastructure and met with transportation officials and marine shipping leaders at Quonset Business... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help local small businesses increase their exports and stay competitive in a global economy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive a $300,000 boost from the U.S. Small Business... Read More

Providence, RI – Today U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to strengthen Rhode Island’s trauma and burn care infrastructure, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today toured the Trauma Division and Burn Center at Rhode Island Hospital and then joined with first responders,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today applauded the Capital Good Fund (CGF), a non-profit financial services organization based in Providence, for winning a $125,000 Community Development Financial Institutions(CDFI) Fund Financial... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – In an effort to ensure more accountability, shorter wait times, and better health care for veterans at the Providence VA Medical Center, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today met with veterans, doctors, and Veterans Affairs (VA)... Read More