News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump declared victory over the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and ordered a sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, catching some of his own advisors and U.S. allies off guard, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A bill to name the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the “Captain Matthew J. August Post Office,” after a North Kingstown native killed in action in Iraq, has... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect victims, strengthen transparency, and hold perpetrators accountable, Congress today passed a bill to overhaul the way the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives handle sexual harassment and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After an inquiry led by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) uncovered that the U.S. Department of Defense had not properly charged Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for fuel and aerial refueling services, the Pentagon... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a resolution to overturn a Trump Administration rule that made it easier for wealthy foreign nationals and special interests to interfere in U.S. elections and exempted political... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee; Dick Durbin (D-IL), Vice Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee;... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As President Trump’s trade policies continue to negatively impact American farmers, the U.S. Senate today voted 87-13 to adopt the Agriculture and Nutrition Act (Farm Bill) to help small farms, farmers markets, and local... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow evening, December 12, the late U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) will receive the prestigious Jacob K. Javits Prize for Bipartisan Leadership during a special award ceremony in... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Donning a hard hat and swinging a ceremonial sledge hammer, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today helped mark the start of renovations to a new Head Start early education center facility on Broad Street, and assisted Comprehensive... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Newport’s vision for revamping the Pell Bridge ramp system got a significant boost today as U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In a major victory for libraries, museums, and lifelong learning opportunities, the full U.S. Senate passed the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018 (S.3530) on a unanimous vote.   The bipartisan bill, authored by... Read More

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

WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Donald Trump, Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement on the passing of George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first President of the United States: “We mourn the loss of former President George H. W. Bush and thank him for a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) unanimously approved U.S. Senators Jack Reed’s (D-RI) Museum and Library Services Act of 2018 (S.3530) this week and advanced it to consideration by the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill tonight to name the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the “Captain Matthew J. August Post Office.” Rhode Island... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Martin Heinrich, (D-NM), and Jack Reed (D-RI), introduced legislation today requiring a public report on the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following Donald Trump’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump once again failed to stand up to Vladimir Putin, this time in the face of the Russian seizure of three Ukrainian ships and twenty-four crew members near Crimea, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and please let me welcome the co-chairs of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, Ambassador Edelman and Admiral Roughead.  Thank you and all of your colleagues for the extraordinary effort that you gave to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Following new reports about Department of Justice (DOJ) officials discussing the possibility of violating the confidentiality of information collected during the decennial census, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Brian... Read More