PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, after speaking with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said he came away encouraged that the Ocean State could receive the first wave of state stabilization funds next...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – As the Trump Administration provides conflicting information to small businesses and fails to effectively implement a key federal disaster loan program, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Senator Ron...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is teaming up with several colleagues on a new proposal to give essential workers who have been on the job during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a $25,000 hazard pay increase, the...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, the Trump Administration released the first allocation of funding for hospitals under the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No. 116-136). The Trump Administration...
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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from sparking a full-blown housing, eviction, and foreclosure crisis, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are offering legislation to provide...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help public safety agencies across Rhode Island effectively combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $4.57 million in federal funding for the state. The funds are...
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- After the Trump Administration slighted T.F. Green airport in a “continuation of service” order for airlines receiving assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No....
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PROVIDENCE, RI – After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacts airports around the country, causing them to lose revenue and cutback on services, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to ensure local news outlets can continue to provide factual, reliable information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are seeking new federal...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to ensure that workers in Rhode Island and nationwide are able to access needed assistance during the current coronavirus crisis, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse this week joined 35 Democratic colleagues...
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WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced $7.25 million in federal grant funding to help eight Rhode Island health centers in the fight against...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump...
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PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is backing a new interim emergency COVID-19 rescue package that includes $500 billion in federal funding to help hospitals, small businesses and workers, and states to urgently address the novel...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced the resignation of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee,...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump demoted the Pentagon’s top watchdog, removing him as chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), which Congress created to oversee the $2.2 trillion CARES Act...
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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced a new $666,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support Rhode...
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WASHINGTON, DC -- After President Donald Trump announced his intent to elevate one of his own lawyers to be the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) and oversee a coronavirus bailout fund, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior...
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