News Releases

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

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