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WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is sending the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) $149,917 that U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) secured in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Omnibus Appropriation Bill for the possible... Read More

WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that the President has granted Liberians permission to remain in the United States for one more year under Temporary Protected Status (TPS).Each year since 1992, these Liberians have... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Marking the 70th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today stated, Seventy years after President Franklin Roosevelt and Francis... Read More

WASHINGTON The United States Congress has given final approval to several requests by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) for funding of environmental preservation projects in Rhode Island. The $4.175 million in funding, part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006... Read More

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is sending the Rhode Island Public Transit Administration (RIPTA) $1,259,560 that U.S. Senator Jack Reed secured last December for Job Access/ Reverse Commute Projects (JARC) in the Fiscal Year... Read More

WASHINGTON At the Thursday Senate Banking Committee meeting on the GSE reform bill Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) will introduce an amendment to require that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac establish Affordable Housing Funds for the production, preservation and... Read More

WASHINGTON -- A review of official investigations of national missile defenses problems and potential extending back decades has revealed a steady stream of authoritative criticisms of the program.The technical problems that plagued the program in... Read More

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a $117.61 million increase in Community Development funding requested by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI).In March, Reed objected to the Bush Administrations insistence on eliminating the... Read More

WASHINGTON A joint House-Senate Conference Committee has given final approval to the Transportation Reauthorization Bill (SAFETEA-LU) which contains a total of $1.241 billion for Rhode Island transit and highway projects. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),... Read More

WASHINGTON- The United States Senate today approved an amendment cosponsored by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will enhance homeland security in Rhode Island by ensuring that the state sees an increase in funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006... Read More

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is working to enhance homeland security in Rhode Island by ensuring that the state sees an increase in funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill being debated in... Read More

PROVIDENCE - Senator Jack Reed stated, After a sustained fight, we have made our point that the Providence site for a LNG terminal failed to properly balance the energy needs of the region with the safety of citizens. FERC has made the right... Read More

WASHINGTON The Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has approved legislation introduced by US Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will increase access to bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants and establish a scientific... Read More

WASHINGTON The US Senate is scheduled today to vote on a bipartisan amendment introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Jack Reed (D-RI) that would give states the power to block proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals that... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Acting Director W. Michael Sullivan, PhD, and Department of Elderly Affairs Director Corrine Calise Russo to announce that the state has been... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today stated, The findings of the ATSDR are unfortunate, but not a surprise to the families affected by this contamination who have known for years that something was wrong. I hope that this report will help... Read More

PROVIDENCE - Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) spoke today at Save the Bays ribbon cutting for the Explore the Bay campus at Fields Point. The new campus will host a dynamic program that allows students with limited economic and educational resources to sail... Read More

  Under the rules of the United States Senate, every Senator, from large and small states, has the right to delay a vote on a piece of legislation or a nomination by engaging in unlimited debate, also known as a filibuster, which can only be... Read More