News Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to improve traffic safety and enhance road safety conditions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive more than $1.65 million in federal MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), today joined with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and Senate Democrats in calling on Congress to reverse sequester cuts that threaten economic growth and military... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, March 12, 2015   To receive testimony U.S. Northern Command and U.S Southern Command  in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Wednesday re-introduced their legislation to strengthen and reauthorize the heart of the federal government’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The fact that there is no federal statute on the books specifically banning insider trading is not a secret, but it is shocking.  Rather, the unlawfulness of insider trading is predicated on the notion that insider trading... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 10, 2015   To receive testimony on the posture of the Department of the Navy in review... Read More

JOHNSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hosted a special medal ceremony honoring Mr. Alfred Bettencourt, 89, of Cranston, at the Morgan Health Center today in Johnston.  Before a crowd of well-wishers that included Mr.... Read More

21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act seeks to create and expand tax deductions for middle-class families Working Families Tax Relief Act aims to improve and expand Earned Income Tax Credit & Child Tax Credit WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to reward... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive a $459,840 State Wildlife Grant (SWG) to protect and preserve the state’s wildlife and their habitats. “Rhode Island’s natural resources and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the plea arrangement agreed to by the U.S. Department of Justice and former CIA Director General David... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has introduced the bipartisan Family Engagement in Education Act (S. 622), aimed at helping schools and families work together to support learning and raise student achievement.  The... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 3, 2015   To receive testimony in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – With Rhode Island experiencing yet another significant snowfall today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to work with state officials to consider the cumulative effect of this... Read More

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a views and estimates letter to the Senate Budget Committee last week as a regular part... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today commended U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, after she announced that she would not seek re-election in 2016. Senator Mikulski was... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after House Republicans voted against Speaker ‎John‎ Boehner’s (R-OH) short-term continuing resolution and threatened to shut down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to ensure that Rhode Islanders with disabilities and special needs have access to affordable rental housing and supportive services, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to close loopholes that make it easier for known or suspected terrorists to purchase firearms and explosives, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined with ten of their Senate colleagues... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-106 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, February 26, 2015   To receive testimony on worldwide threats (As Prepared for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin today announced that the University of Rhode Island will receive $510,978 in grant funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National... Read More