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WASHINGTON, DC – By a vote of 67-32, the U.S. Senate today passed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which includes an amendment authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed.  The legislation would delay for up to four years the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) tonight issued the following statement on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: “The President gave a strong speech that emphasized the need to translate the wishes of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote next week on flood insurance reform, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are urging passage of the bipartisan Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act.  Reed, Whitehouse,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen our economy and increase the supply of affordable rental housing across the country, 33 U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT)... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help create jobs and improve Rhode Island’s water quality, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $18.4 million in fiscal year 2014 to help upgrade the state’s water infrastructure. Today, Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congress passed a bipartisan $1.1 trillion consolidated appropriations bill to help strengthen our economy, keep the government working, and make critical investments in America’s future.  The measure cleared... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Calling it a fiscally responsible step forward for job creation, conservation, and resource management, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior & Environment, today announced... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted 60-37 to advance a measure authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) to preserve federal unemployment insurance (UI) for three months and give Congress time to work out a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate voted 84-15 late last night to approve the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and sent it to the President to be signed into law.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help people stay safe and provide fuel assistance to households struggling with rising winter heating bills, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are once again leading the effort to restore... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent more than 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers from losing their unemployment insurance after the holidays, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) today introduced bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help Rhode Islanders avoid abrupt increases in flood insurance premiums, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse last night joined with a bipartisan coalition of 26 of their Senate colleagues in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and the integrity of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) BrokerCheck program, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a bipartisan letter... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Key proposals backed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to help reduce the negative health impacts of antibiotic use in animals will be going into effect as part of a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action that will phase... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After Armed Services Committee negotiators reached an agreement to move a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen borrower protections and student loan servicing standards for both federal and private student loans, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Barbara Boxer... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement: "I hoped for a more comprehensive agreement but this is an important step forward.  Commendably, this budget blueprint reduces economic uncertainty and blunts the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent more than 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers from losing their unemployment insurance at the end of December -- and millions more from having no benefits after their initial 26 weeks of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Nelson Mandela, an extraordinary human being and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to ensure food banks in Rhode Island and across the country are able to help vulnerable families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on Congress to listen to the needs of the hungry.  Reed is seeking to strengthen... Read More