News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help Rhode Islanders who have lost their jobs or had wages significantly reduced due to COVID keep a roof over their heads, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $1,830,000 in federal rental assistance for Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the Trump Administration will allow key pandemic relief programs to expire on December 31 over objections from the Federal Reserve, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As another 742,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, and a new report highlights that roughly12 million jobless Americans will lose their unemployment benefits the day after Christmas, U.S. Senator Jack... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation to name the U.S. postal facility located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island as the “Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office.”  Turcotte, of North Smithfield, was... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Jack Reed (D-RI), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Representatives Adam... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after President Trump tweeted that he is firing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs for factually refuting the President’s false... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Senate voted on a bipartisan basis to block the controversial confirmation of Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to join the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:“There’s a right way and a wrong way to do this.  President Trump is once again choosing the wrong way and we... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to provide stable housing to young people experiencing homelessness and housing instability in the midst of a pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today delivered $94,340 to help Rhode Island Housing prevent... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement regarding the crisis in Nagorno Karabakh, where a conflict launched by Azerbaijan against Armenians that was supported by Turkey and proxy forces has caused a mass... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after national media outlets unanimously declared Joe Biden the winner of Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, increasing his Electoral College victory total to 290, and with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security declaring this... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) announced that the 2021 Senate THUD Appropriations bill he... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, after President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper and named Christopher C. Miller as Acting Defense Secretary for the remaining few weeks of the Trump Administration, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today issued the following statement congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris:“Congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is releasing $21.8 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help Rhode Island families and seniors keep... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - The enormous black cylinders that begin to take shape in the cavernous manufacturing production facilities at Quonset Point provide the United States with an unparalleled strategic deterrent that helps safeguard the nation and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in reaction to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s error-riddled ruling that echoes President Trump’s false talking points about how states have and will count votes in this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee who helped make $5 billion in federal financing available this year for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), which is administered... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After thoroughly reviewing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today discussed his decision to vote against the nomination of Judge Coney Barrett for the United States Supreme Court.Over the weekend, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure that all senior citizens enrolled in Medicare can access free COVID-19 vaccines as soon as a safe, effective vaccine becomes available, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced... Read More