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WASHINGTON - On Friday, February 25 at 10:30 AM, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) announced $650,000 to support construction of the Meeting Street National Center of Excellence Recreational and Physical Education facility in... Read More

PROVIDENCE - Due to President Bushs budget cuts more than 11,000 students in Rhode Island are in danger of losing crucial services that provide them with the opportunity to receive a higher education. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with... Read More

Washington- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today that Rhode Island has received an emergency declaration for the January 22-23 Blizzard of 2005. The declaration means Rhode Island will be... Read More

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chuck Hagel (R-NE), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will introduce legislation to expand the size of the Army by 30,000 soldiers... Read More

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today stated, The report of indiscriminate violence by private contractors in Iraq is deeply disturbing. The accusations reported last night by NBC News again underscore my concern that there is a critical... Read More

WEST WARWICK- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) toured the construction site for a new Senior and Community Center in the Arctic neighborhood of West Warwick. During the Congressional budget debate Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has joined 15 of his colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to help small businesses in Rhode Island and throughout the nation that rely on seasonal foreign workers.For the second year in a row, the... Read More

WASHINGTON - Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) stated, It is tremendously disappointing that President Bush has cut funding in his fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget for important programs that are vital to the well being, education, economic success and safety of... Read More

WASHINGTON -- Senator Jack Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, stated, This is another misguided idea from the Bush Administration. Their proposal takes the "UD" out of HUD. Moving the Community Development Block Grant... Read More

PROVIDENCE In a letter to the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) wrote FERCs approval process for LNG terminals is deeply flawed and leaves too many questions unanswered.Reed stated, My colleagues and I have... Read More

PROVIDENCE -- Stating that the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission's (FERC) process for approving Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminals fails to properly balance the energy needs of the region with the safety of citizens, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)... Read More

WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $265,000 to assist the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) in creating a statewide network of Success Centers in order to prepare low-skilled youth and adults for high wage job training and... Read More

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is sending the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) $4,271,844 that U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) secured for new buses and security improvement in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Omnibus... Read More

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) notified U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today that the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (RI DLT) is receiving $539,465 in Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) reserve training funds to assist... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today stated, Consumers in my state know the perils of not having federal deposit insurance, and we want to make sure that others around the country do not have to... Read More