News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of General Lloyd J. Austin III (ret.) to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President-elect Joe Biden nominated California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House-Senate conference committee reached a bicameral agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.  This legislation authorizes funding levels and sets national defense policies to... Read More

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 released the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement on President-elect Biden’s nomination of former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen to serve as Treasury... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With COVID-19 infection rates soaring, job losses piling up, and many small businesses being forced to shut down, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says it is imperative for Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to come to... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – As Rhode Islanders gear up to support local businesses this Small Business Saturday in a safe, socially distanced manner, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is pressing Congress and the Trump Administration to enact the HEROES Small... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding the General Services Administration’s ascertainment of President-elect Biden and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced several key national security picks, including his intention to nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to be... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement today on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Antony Blinken, who held the number two job at the State Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a six-day hand recount of ballots in Georgia reaffirmed that President-elect Joe Biden won a clear victory in the Peach State, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are urging the head of... Read More

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