News Releases

WARWICK, RI --In an effort to inform Rhode Island students about opportunities to attend our nation's military service academies, requirements for admission, and the appointment process, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -In an effort to protect consumers, increase transparency in the foreclosure process, and hold banks and servicers accountable for providing relief to qualified homeowners, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the Preserving... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to reduce gas prices for consumers and prevent millions of barrels of oil from seeping into the ground beneath Southeast Louisiana, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are backing the Obama... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Director Janet L. Coit and Dr. John F. Organ, Chief of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Wildlife and Sport... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a West Point graduate and a member of the Armed Services Committee today issued the following statement: "These are serious charges that must and will be fully investigated, as General Petraeus has... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to boost Rhode Island rail projects, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to redirect a portion of $2.5 billion in high-speed rail Recovery Act funds... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help Rhode Island and other cash-strapped states save millions of dollars and continue providing unemployment assistance to jobseekers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH)... Read More

Washington, DC - In an effort to enhance Rhode Island's emergency response preparedness, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative David Cicilline today announced that the East Providence and Middletown Fire Departments... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today warned that Rhode Island could lose millions of dollars in federal assistance if Senate Republicans block an extension to critical provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (TAA),... Read More

MATUNUCK, RI - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a strong advocate of shell fishermen and the state's sustainable aquaculture industry, visited Matunuck Oyster Bar to meet with local oyster farmers to discuss Rhode Island's growing aquaculture... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - The Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposal President Obama released this morning includes a work share proposal modeled on legislation U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced in the last Congress and is readying to reintroduce in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In response to reports that President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposal will contain over $2.5 billion in cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Olympia J. Snowe... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC  - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is making up to $10.6 million in federal funding immediately available to Rhode Island to help communities... Read More

  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after the U.S. Treasury Department issued a white paper proposing several pathways to reform the mortgage markets, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: "There is bipartisan agreement that we... Read More

SMITHFIELD, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with local business leaders and officials at Bryant University to discuss efforts to sell more Rhode Island-made goods and services abroad and help Rhode Island businesses compete... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is now the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment.  The subcommittee has jurisdiction over several key agencies, including the Department of the Interior, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is now the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment.  The subcommittee has jurisdiction over several key agencies, including the Department of the Interior, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today applauded the White House for including Betaspring, a Providence-based startup incubator, among several programs nationwide chosen for the launch of President Barack Obama’s “Startup... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse were awarded new committee responsibilities that will benefit Rhode Island’s families and the state’s economy. Reed will serve on the Appropriations Committee, which... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Late last night President Obama signed into law Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) bill to strengthen library and museum services across the nation.  The Museum and Library Services Act of 2010 authorizes nearly $300 million... Read More