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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; along with U.S. Minority Leader Chuck... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – Highlighting Rhode Island’s vital manufacturing sector, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today convened a roundtable discussion with a host of local businesses that produce Rhode Island-made products to unpack the challenges they face and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the resignation of Admiral Alvin Holsey, the Commander of U.S. SOUTHCOM, less than one year into his three-year post, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jack Reed (D-RI) today called out Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for potentially violating federal law by asking airports to play blatantly partisan videos at... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement on President Trump’s White House meeting with Argentina’s President Javier Milei to highlight a $20 billion U.S. taxpayer-funded bailout for the controversial Argentinian... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued an unprecedented and unsound requirement that Pentagon reporters sign a form acknowledging a policy forbidding them from gathering or publishing unapproved information—including unclassified... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Trump Administration blatantly tries to weaponize federal funding and misuse official government communications channels for partisan propaganda purposes, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 22 Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, two years after Hamas carried out a terror attack on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people and led to more than 250 people taken hostage, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) became the latest Congressional Republican to signal that Republicans should join Democrats to help save health care for millions of Americans. In a lengthy social media post,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Senior members of the Trump Administration are escalating verbal attacks on judges and the federal judiciary. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who previously proclaimed Americans “are living under a judicial... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump ordered the U.S. military to conduct a lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean for the fourth time in a month, bringing the total number of individuals killed to 21. This follows his unilateral declaration... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. economy lost 32,000 private-sector jobs in September according to the latest ADP jobs report, a stark contrast to the expected gain of around 50,000-plus jobs that analysts were expecting. Additionally, the August ADP jobs... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is teaming up with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and a dozen of their colleagues in calling on President Trump to immediately... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After President Trump ordered Congressional Republicans to continue rejecting any Democratic input on a continuing resolution, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “President Trump controls every branch of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Each year, thousands of Americans die of cancer that was detected too late. In an effort to help ensure more Americans have access to modern and potentially life-saving health checks and cancer screenings in their own communities,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $2,344,000 grant to the Rhode Island Coastal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of U.S. military leaders from across the world to gather in Quantico, Virginia, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With everyday costs in the U.S. on a tariff-fueled upswing and a federal government shutdown looming, the Trump Administration is sending billions in American taxpayer money to bail out right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei,... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hosted a special military honors ceremony for the family of Mr. Daniel Rapoza, Sr. During World War II, Sergeant Daniel Rapoza served as a flight engineer on B-24L #44-41440, assigned to the 10th Air Force,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,080,791 in federal grants to strengthen safety and training, upgrade equipment, and purchase new emergency response... Read More