News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on Senate Republicans to reconsider their blockade of a vital federal student loan program that is utilized by more than 9,000 students in Rhode Island to help them afford their college... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to build a stronger health care workforce and ensure patients have access to the medical care they need, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) have teamed up to introduce the Building a Health Care... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to increase unemployment insurance integrity and decrease fraudulent overpayments and unintentional mistakes in the system, the state’s Congressional delegation and Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) backed a final rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that will require a publicly traded company to disclose the pay gap between its chief executive officer (CEO) and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure employers can maintain a skilled workforce, and help workers keep their jobs during a temporary business decline, U.S. Senator Jack Reed introduced the Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2015, a bill to... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Gina Raimondo, along with the state's Congressional delegation today announced that the White House has chosen Rhode Island to be a part of the President's TechHire initiative, a bold multisector effort to empower... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — A bicameral group of seven Members of Congress today called for Inspector General (IG) investigations into federal contracts being awarded to Ingersoll Rand, in violation of federal law. Making the call were: U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to restore an important measure of fairness to the tax code, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is seeking to close the “carried interest” loophole, which lets Wall Street managers at investment partnerships treat... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today hailed a proposal by President Obama to strengthen overtime protections for millions of middle-class American workers.  The regulations would take effect in 2016, and raise the salary... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that the state will receive two federal grants to better connect job seekers and employers. The state will receive $1,091,635 through the U.S. Department of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $5.25 million to Rhode Island to support the newly-created "Real Jobs Rhode Island" initiative. Real... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) released a report prepared at their request by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).  The report, titled “UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: States’... Read More

Over last five years, companies have received $1 billion in federal contracts paid for by U.S. taxpayers while using tax loophole Bill would ban federal contracts for companies that move their headquarters overseas to avoid paying their fair share of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In observation of César Chávez Day, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and a number of Democratic colleagues in supporting a resolution to honor and commemorate civil rights... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, are leading a bipartisan coalition of senators in urging the leaders of two Appropriations subcommittees to provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to provide early learning opportunities for children throughout the state, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $3,298,277 in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $750,000 in federal funding to continue supporting the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).  Based in Providence, Polaris MEP is a statewide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Standing before Vice President Joe Biden today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) took the oath of office and was sworn in to his fourth term representing the people of Rhode Island in the United States Senate. The ceremony in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging Rhode Island’s business community, research universities, and state and local officials to work together to compete to bring a new “Manufacturing Innovation Institute” to Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed is “pleased” the U.S. Department of Labor is officially ending its suspension on new enrollments in the nation’s federal Job Corps program, but the Senator remains “deeply... Read More