News Releases

Providence, RI – Today U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline announced a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to strengthen Rhode Island’s trauma and burn care infrastructure, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today toured the Trauma Division and Burn Center at Rhode Island Hospital and then joined with first responders,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today applauded the Capital Good Fund (CGF), a non-profit financial services organization based in Providence, for winning a $125,000 Community Development Financial Institutions(CDFI) Fund Financial... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – In an effort to ensure more accountability, shorter wait times, and better health care for veterans at the Providence VA Medical Center, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today met with veterans, doctors, and Veterans Affairs (VA)... Read More

PROVIDENCE - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today addressed a conference attended by more than 75 veterans’ service professionals from colleges, universities and other agencies across the country participating in the Certificate for... Read More

EXETER, RI -- Started in 1964 as a network of Job Corps training centers to help fight poverty, and expanded over the years to places like Exeter, Rhode Island, Job Corps is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week.  The program provides... Read More

PAWTUCKET, RI – For her first official trip as head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Chairman Jane Chu went to a place where the concept of the NEA was born: Rhode Island.  In 1965, former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI)... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – In an effort to fight poverty and provide critical assistance to struggling families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $680,848 in federal funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Rhode Island.  The... Read More

MIDDLETOWN, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today was presented with a national award from the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (C.A.R.E.) for his outstanding support of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Reed, chair of the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Langevin today announced over $772,000 in federal grant funding for fire departments in Warwick and Johnston to upgrade fire safety, training, and communications... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was joined by five leading members of Congress today in sending a letter to President Obama, urging action to deny federal contracts to inverted corporations.  Increasingly, American... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement in reaction to the President’s decision to deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi civilians and... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released this statement following a decision by Walgreens to remain headquartered in the United States.  A company announcement Wednesday morning confirmed it will purchase the remaining... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) on Tuesday called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate the findings of an alarming recent report indicating certain retailers have... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL); and three of their Senate colleagues today asked President Barack Obama to immediately provide more... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Seeking to help ensure patients have access to quality health care at state hospitals while supporting a significant source of jobs in Rhode Island, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives James... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to use his executive authority to reduce or eliminate tax breaks for companies that shift their... Read More

MATUNUCK, RI – Today, mollusk lovers across the country are celebrating “National Oyster Day,” and more and more of them are slurping and savoring oysters from the Ocean State.  That is because more oyster farms are... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Thirteen Members of Congress today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take immediate action to protect young people from predatory e-cigarette marketing and distribution tactics that are straight out of big... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congress on Thursday evening passed a bipartisan initiative authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will expand the federal definition of trauma to include burn injuries, a long-overdue modification urged by trauma care... Read More