PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help keep people safe and provide emergency housing assistance amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced a new award of $6,246,719 in federal Emergency Solutions...
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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help struggling small businesses and promote economic recovery, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act. The bill, which now goes to the...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, President Trump ordered the tear gassing of peaceful protestors who were exercising their First Amendment rights so he could walk across a park in Washington, DC to conduct a photo-op outside a boarded up Episcopal...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – As unemployment rates soar and some eviction moratoriums begin to expire, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for action to help struggling renters and homeowners and prevent a wave of evictions and foreclosures from...
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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), along with 24 colleagues, in calling on the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump announced he will cut U.S. ties with the World Health Organization (WHO), which serves as a central coordinating body for global public health emergencies, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the...
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who was recorded forcing his knee on a handcuffed George Floyd’s neck, has been arrested in connection to Floyd’s death, U.S. Senator Jack Reed...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As childhood vaccine rates for preventable diseases like measles and mumps have declined during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, raising the possibility of an additional health crisis, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI),...
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WASHINGTON, DC – After the number of U.S. unemployment claims surpassed 40 million people and the Trump White House announced that the Council of Economic Advisers will not release an updated round of annual economic projections this summer for...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has drastically impacted older Americans and changed the nation’s long-term care landscape, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and six of their colleagues today led...
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to strengthen public transportation and reduce pollution, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced a new $5,076,000 federal grant to help the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) purchase 15...
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced the full committee and subcommittee markup schedule for the National Defense...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) takes a severe toll on Americans above the age of 65, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on Congress to prioritize additional federal assistance to help seniors stay healthy, connected, and...
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WASHINGTON, DC – With hundreds of thousands of restaurants and other small businesses hanging on by a thread, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on the U.S. Senate to take swift action to fix the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Senator...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As the U.S. Senate adjourns for the month of May without taking a single vote on legislation related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) over the three-week session, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is voicing frustration with Senate...
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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help protect seniors and mitigate the impact novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on nursing homes, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced a plan to send $34,460,000 in federal funding to help 71 local skilled...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As concert venues around the country have shuttered to help prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX)...
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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with Tina Smith (D-MN) in leading the charge for dedicated funding for children’s hospitals in the next novel coronavirus (COVID-19) federal emergency...
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WASHINGTON, DC – The failure of two aging Michigan dams this week has focused attention on the urgent safety threat high-hazard dams pose to communities nationwide. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the Michigan dam failures should be...
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WASHINGTON, DC – As the nation prepares to commemorate Memorial Day and honor military personnel who died in service to our nation, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling on Congress to take action to ensure the final resting place of many...
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