News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – After Congress sprinted to complete a historic $2.2 trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue bill, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is urging the Trump Administration to effectively implement the law and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to assist small businesses with cash flow and keep Main Street shops from permanently shuttering, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) helped pass a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue package through the Senate... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As transit agencies nationwide are hit hard by steep reductions in ridership and revenue caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is pressing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to do a better job helping Rhode Islanders and other Americans stranded abroad.  Reed wants the State Department to provide Americans overseas with clear... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted 96-0 to pass the $2.2 trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue bill.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the bipartisan package will help urgently address the novel... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), protect Americans, and bolster the U.S. economy, a key group of U.S. Senators, including Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), reached a bipartisan agreement on an historic,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, who publicly urged President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA), says President Trump’s failure to fully utilize the law is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the passing of Edna O'Neill Mattson, former Rhode Island Democratic National Committeewoman and an active volunteer in the community.  For decades, she served her... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $539,250 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help eight Rhode... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the passing of former Rhode Island First Lady Virginia Coates Chafee, 93, the widow of the late Governor and U.S. Senator John H. Chafee and mother of former U.S. Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is among the select group of U.S. Senators tasked with negotiating key elements of an emergency $1 trillion-plus economic rescue and stimulus package amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help states hit hardest by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, enhance response efforts, and relieve burdens on stage budgets, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - If taxpayers are forced to help companies and industries impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) wants to protect and reimburse taxpayers and ensure accountability.  Under Reed’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Five days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 363-40 to approve the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Senate finally voted 90-8 to approve the measure and are sending it to President Trump’s desk... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, who publicly urged President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA), says he strongly supports the president’s decision to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – During a one-on-one phone conversation with Vice President Mike Pence last night, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations Committee,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As schools are forced to shut down because of coronavirus and students are being asked to learn online, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to free up funds to ensure schools can provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help nursing homes and assisted living facilities protect seniors and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), along with more than 30 of his Senate colleagues, is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today urged the Trump Administration to quickly grant Rhode Island’s request for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue an economic disaster declaration... Read More