News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Tonight, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to order U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities: “Tonight,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI), a leading Democrat on the committee, led a bipartisan group of Appropriations Committee members in sending a letter to Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to cut energy costs in half.  As president, his policies are causing home energy prices to increase, with consumer electricity prices set to climb by hundreds of dollars under Trump and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Trump Administration’s rescissions package to claw back $9.4 billion in previously enacted federal funding from humanitarian aid, international development,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Finance Committee released their portion of the so-called ‘Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill,’ which U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has dubbed a ‘Big Ugly Betrayal’ of working families.  The Center on Budget and Policy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Citing a lack of consumer and taxpayer protections and serious crypto corruption and national security concerns, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) voted against the so-called GENIUS Act (S.1582), which passed the U.S. Senate on a vote... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee joined with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Intelligence... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Buying or refinancing a home can be a fraught and stressful experience, and now the U.S. Senate is one step closer to making it a little easier by preventing your personal information from being sold and triggering a title wave of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Marking the 13th anniversary of the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and their Senate colleagues urged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services... Read More

***WATCH FOOTAGE OF THE NEW AIR SUPPLY UNIT*** LINCOLN, RI – Fire departments across northern Rhode Island have teamed up to acquire a new regional air/light unit that will help ensure firefighters can safely and effectively respond to a wide range... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army paratrooper who served in the 82nd Airborne, issued the following statement: “The U.S. Army and our military personnel are worthy of celebration and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Tonight, after Israel carried out large-scale strikes throughout Iran, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: “Israel’s alarming decision to launch... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was physically assaulted, handcuffed, and forcibly removed from a press conference in Los Angeles, California, for trying to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question, U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, after President Trump ordered more than 700 active-duty U.S. Marines into Los Angeles against the will of the California governor and Los Angeles mayor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement after HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, President Trump federalized National Guard troops in California and deployed them to Los Angeles to respond to civil unrest around ongoing ICE operations. This is the first time National Guard troops have been federally... Read More

EXETER, RI – In a misguided attempt to illegally shutter federal Job Corps centers across the nation, the Trump Administration has rehashed an old plan from President Donald Trump’s first term to place students, staff, and employers in limbo. U.S.... Read More

***WATCH THE SPEAKING PROGRAM HERE*** PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with faith leaders and hunger prevention advocates at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to demand action against a House Republican-passed tax bill that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis showing 16 million people will lose coverage from the Republican reconciliation plan, including their failure to extend premium tax credits that... Read More

WATCH: Sen. Reed warns Lutnick’s micromanagement and short-staffing of NOAA could leave states vulnerable to future disasters WASHINGTON, DC – In his partisan zeal to root out so-called waste, redundancy, and abuse, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard... Read More