News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC -- During a CNBC interview yesterday, President Trump announced his intent to impose a 250 percent tariff on pharmaceuticals. If implemented, this action would cost Americans billions of dollars, disrupt the drug supply chain, and put... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After a late Saturday night legislative session, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act is finally headed to the president’s desk. The bipartisan bill, co-authored by Bill Hagerty (R-TN), targets abusive... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in recruiting and trafficking minors for sex, was moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas this week,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate today voted 87-9 to approve three key appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Ag); Military Construction-Veterans Affairs... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a weaker-than-expected economic report showed U.S. job growth at its worst monthly numbers since December 2020 -- at the height of pandemic when President Trump was in office – President Trump reacted by firing the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With temperatures hitting triple digits in Rhode Island and several states across the country this week, and electricity prices surging in communities across the country, the bill advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee today... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, President Trump’s former personal defense attorney and current high-ranking DOJ lawyer Todd Blanche was dispatched to conduct a private jailhouse interview with Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who President... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senate Armed Services Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Ranking Senate Defense Appropriator Chris Coons (D-DE), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Democratic colleagues in introducing new legislation to repeal the health care cuts in President Donald Trump and Republicans’ ‘Big,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. has an estimated shortage of nearly 5 million homes, according to the Brookings Institution, and construction costs -- which are impacted by tariffs -- continue to skyrocket and raise the price of housing. In an effort to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Forty U.S. Senators, including Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), are expressing unified alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, imploring the Trump Administration to step up its role in addressing starvation in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Trump Administration took steps to revoke a scientific ‘endangerment finding’ that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Without the endangerment... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A leading group of lawmakers say the American people have a right to know which corporations, foreign nationals, and lobbyists are financing the future presidential libraries of sitting U.S. presidents and paying to curry favor with... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – With Rhode Island under a heat advisory this week and temperatures forecast to reach 100°F, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is teaming up with several lawmakers and labor unions to protect the health and safety of workers who are exposed to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect the health of Rhode Island’s waters, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced today that Rhode Island will receive $457,709 through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Clean Vessel Act (CVA)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senate Select Committee... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the Trump Administration’s decision to relent in the face of public opposition and finally release nearly $6 billion in federal funding... Read More

TIVERTON, RI -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Gabe Amo today announced $1.4 million in federal assistance to help pay for closing the Tiverton landfill, the last municipally-owned landfill in the State of Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen the nation’s food supply chain network, bolster economic opportunities for local farmers and food producers, and increase access to fresh, local nutritious food in underserved communities and schools, U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Noting that federal tax dollars belong to the American people – not the President or federal agencies – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today hailed a federal court ruling that the Trump Administration violated the law by taking down a... Read More