News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to strengthen local conservation and recreation efforts, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced that Providence’s riverfront is getting a $375,000 infusion of federal funding for a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after President Trump ordered a strike near the Baghdad airport, killing Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that nearly a dozen housing authorities across Rhode Island are receiving a total of $1,056,787 in federal funding... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after an attack by Shiite militia on the United States Embassy compound in Iraq, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: “President... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight at 7:30 p.m., President Trump is scheduled to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The FY 2020 NDAA defense policy bill authorizes $658.4 billion for the Department of Defense... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted to overwhelmingly approve a package of bipartisan appropriations bills allocating $1.4 trillion in federal spending.  The legislation, which was divided into two ‘minibus’ packages... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Once again, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s leadership post on the Appropriations Committee is paying major dividends for Rhode Island by directing millions in additional federal funding to address the state’s... Read More

Today, after the U.S. Senate voted to overwhelmingly approve a package of bipartisan appropriations bills allocating $1.4 trillion in federal spending divided into two ‘minibus’ packages that together comprise all twelve fiscal year 2020... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “Today, the U.S. House of Representatives... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to strengthen national security and help working families, the U.S. Senate voted 86 to 8 today to approve the conference agreement for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The FY... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced federal funding to help local community health centers expand their ability to provide comprehensive primary care to low-income and underserved children and families.  The $800,178... Read More

WARWICK, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined with women’s advocates and survivors of domestic abuse to call on the U.S. Senate to swiftly approve the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act introduced by... Read More

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – The workload at Electric Boat’s (EB) Quonset Point submarine building facility is scheduled for a major increase. The U.S. Navy and Electric Boat’s parent company, General Dynamics Corp., recently signed an... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, included a major victory for the Liberian community in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 that will extend... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On its fourth try over the last several weeks, the U.S. Senate today passed an Armenian Genocide resolution formally recognizing that, in 1915, the Ottoman Empire began a campaign of genocide against Armenians.  By 1923,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s effort to create a three-digit national suicide hotline took an important step forward today when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to move forward with designating 9-8-8 to reach a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to make higher education more affordable and accessible for students and help make postsecondary education achievable for more Americans, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, along with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME),... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to improve suicide prevention and mental health resources for veterans, the U.S. Senate today passed the Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act, which is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed.  The... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to save lives and stop foreign actors that manufacture and traffic fentanyl from flooding America with illegal synthetic drugs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect consumers by cracking down on unwanted corporate robocalls and “spam” callers, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to provide regulators and prosecutors... Read More