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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a nuclear arms control pact with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems and provide for thorough... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to bolster Rhode Island's emergency response capabilities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Warwick Fire Department will receive a $414,620 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). This... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the U.S. Senate voted 63-33 to advance the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a cosponsor of the bill and a member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The stability and integrity of fractured U.S. financial markets will come under scrutiny today at a hearing of two key U.S. Senate subcommittees. The Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today announced that the Providence Community Health Center (PCHC) will receive nearly $3 million in federal funding to build the nation’s first “green and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to protect consumers and make it easier to trace contaminations, the U.S. Senate today voted 73-25 to pass the Food Safety Modernization Act, granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stronger oversight of food... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to prevent millions of Americans from being left out in the cold this winter, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) are leading the effort to restore funding for the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance... Read More

WEST WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined students and staff at Wakefield Hills Elementary School in West Warwick for a behind the scenes look at the school cafeteria and urged Congress to pass legislation improving school... Read More

Washington, DC - Rhode Island is one of eight states set to receive federal support from the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice (MAPCP) demonstration program. The state's congressional delegation announced today that the Rhode Island Chronic... Read More

Providence, RI - Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation today announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has been awarded $1.2 million in federal funds for solar energy projects. The clean energy funds will be used to install a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to protect communities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Kerry (D-MA), and Scott Brown (R-MA) sent a bipartisan letter to the top members of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after the state of Rhode Island's application was accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced state government will... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Providence will receive $910,000 in federal funding to develop corridor plans for the busiest transit routes that will help better connect neighborhoods to downtown and surrounding... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive a $149,880 federal grant to improve consumers' ability to get clear and accurate information and help them understand their... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that Providence will receive $10.5 million in federal funding to help create hundreds of jobs and transform the Port of Providence into a modern marine cargo center that will... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Women's Development Corporation (WDC), a non-profit developer and manager of over 1,000 housing units statewide, will receive a $1 million Capital Magnet Fund federal grant to leverage $24.5 million to develop 155 units of... Read More

CRANSTON, RI - In an effort to address pressing renovation needs in Community Health Centers, and expand access to quality health care, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined students at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, along with representatives from the State of Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; The National Federation of the Blind... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island is eligible for $13.1 million from the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) to help restore the flow of credit to small businesses and manufacturers so they... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Armed Services Committee, made the following statement today regarding the announcement that General James Jones will be stepping down as President Obama's national security adviser, and... Read More