News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House announced plans to sell oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) -- the underground stockpile of crude oil maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative David Cicilline joined Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera in announcing $1.2 million in federal funding to help the Central Falls Police Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen Rhode Island manufacturing and the domestic supply chain, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $6,021,500 in federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With colder weather around the corner and global energy costs projected to rise this winter, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan coalition of 31 U.S. Senators in urging the U.S. Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously voted to issue a subpoena to former President Donald Trump for documents and testimony, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help more families lower household energy costs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is teaming up with U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) on the Weatherization... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that Rhode Island has been allocated another $353 million from the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – As Newport Community School’s (NCS) Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center (AIALC) continues to grow and evolve to meet community needs, it’s getting a new $100,000 boost from U.S. Senator Jack Reed.  Reed, a... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to improve outcomes for neurodiverse children – including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental disabilities, and behavioral challenges -- and get these students the personalized assistance they... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Literacy opens the door for lifelong opportunity and economic success. To make sure this door is open to every child, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-03) introduced the Right to... Read More

WAKEFIELD, RI – The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RI CRMC) has designated 235 rights-of-way to the shore under its program since 1978, working with municipalities, non-profits, and individual citizens to provide protection... Read More

JAMESTOWN, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced that the Jamestown Housing Authority is getting $1,488,677 in federal funding to make emergency heating and electrical renovations... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as the U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term with a new justice, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Averting a government shutdown before the end of the fiscal year, the U.S. Senate today voted 72-25 to pass a short-term appropriations measure to keep the federal government operating on existing funding levels through... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that the federal agency is awarding federal funds to three key climate-smart projects that will benefit Rhode Island.... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to enhance public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced new federal justice assistance grants totaling $1,297,839 for local police... Read More

NEWPORT, RI – Meticulously cataloguing and preserving ‘ship loads’ of naval warfare artifacts, documents, and cultural treasures is an ongoing battle for the U.S. Naval War College Museum.  But now the museum is getting some... Read More

JOHNSTON, RI -- Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine is having a chilling effect in Rhode Island and across the globe: it’s causing the cost of heating homes worldwide to spike this winter.  And the problem is exacerbated by... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Early this morning, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a short-term appropriations bill, often referred to as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the federal government funded at current levels until... Read More

BARRINGTON, RI – The once-busy bicycle bridges that cyclists and pedestrians relied upon to cross the Barrington River and Palmer River as they traversed the popular East Bay Bike Path will soon be restored thanks to new federal funding secured... Read More