News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), and Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL) joined former Senator Elizabeth Dole and Hidden Heroes Caregivers to found a new congressional... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed teamed up with National Grid to promote energy efficiency and help save consumers money.  Reed, who is working to help pass bipartisan energy efficiency legislation through Congress,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to swiftly address a delay in the implementation of federal law regarding the treatment of musical instruments as carry-on luggage on commercial... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today held a special ceremony honoring World War II veteran Percy S. Wilson, 95, of Mapleville.  Reed presented Mr. Wilson with the long-delayed military honors he earned during his World War II... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s efforts to give Rhode Island a seat at the table of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) got a major boost this week when it was included in the latest version of the Senate Commerce... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), one of the original cosponsors of the Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 2569), is urging the U.S. Senate to pass this legislation that will close a tax loophole for companies that move jobs overseas and cut... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to help Rhode Islanders in need of foreclosure prevention assistance, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) urged Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry to divert leftover funds from the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure that disabled citizens have equal rights, protections, and opportunities in the United States and abroad, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging his colleagues to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to preserve the status of Liberians living legally in the United States, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today led a letter signed by fourteen of his colleagues to President Obama urging an extension of Deferred Enforced... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to protect America’s national security and economic security, the full U.S. Senate today passed on a strong bipartisan basis, S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014, which U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today met with Robert “Bob” McDonald, the President’s nominee to serve as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA).  Reed is a senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to approve a $549.3 billion defense spending measure for fiscal year 2015. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense who... Read More

Washington, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today joined with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to announce $193,090 in federal funding to make the state’s coastline more... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to the City of Pawtucket to enable community artists to create... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified today before the Senate Banking Committee about recent improvements in the job market, the path ahead for monetary policy and interest rates, Wall Street reform and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – The state’s Congressional delegation today joined with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee to announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved the second round of the state’s disaster... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— The President has asked Congress for $3.73 billion in emergency appropriations to address the growing humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children crossing the Southwest border and Rio Grande from Central America.  Today,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to upgrade parks, preserve open spaces, and create public outdoor recreation opportunities for more Rhode Islanders, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI  – Seeking to spread the word on skin cancer prevention and detection, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – Tonight, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined with twenty-one new Americans as they celebrated their first day as United States citizens by enjoying a great American tradition: baseball. Reed was on the field at McCoy Stadium, home of... Read More