News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to enhance DNA research across Rhode Island, the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) today informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that it was awarding the Rhode Island Department of Health $123,296 for improvements... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, following the announcement that President Bush has authorized the United States Marine Corps to recall thousands of non-active duty Marines to active duty -- due in large part to a shortage of volunteers for duty in Iraq and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the ranking member of the Senate Housing Subcommittee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding the West Warwick Senior Center $198,400 to construct a new... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to aid Rhode Island farmers who are suffering with the loss of their harvests following flooding in the state earlier this year, the United States Department of Agricultures (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced on... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined residents and neighbors of the former Driftwood Apartments to celebrate the $2.6 million rehabilitation of 32 affordable apartments once threatened with conversion to high-priced... Read More

WASHINGTON,DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Pawtucket will receive nearly $3 million and Warwick will receive $888,498 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revitalize... Read More

WARWICK, RI -- In an effort clean up Narragansett Bay and remove hazardous marine debris from the shoreline, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today helped kick off Project Clean Sweep. Senator Reed helped secure $150,000 in federal funding for this... Read More

THE KANSAS CITY STAR It's Time to Raise Minimum WageBy Jack ReedBefore adjourning for a lengthy summer break, the Republican leadership concocted a cynical plan to tie a much-needed boost in the minimum wage to a massive tax cut for the heirs of the... Read More

JAMESTOWN, RI U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with Governor Donald L. Carcieri, federal officials, and representatives from the lobster, fishing and oil shipping industries to celebrate the completion of the North Cape Lobster Restoration... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to prevent the United States Air National Guard (ANG) from reducing its numbers in Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today led the Rhode Island delegation in sending a letter to the ANG requesting that it... Read More

Washington, DC The unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in July, and only 113,000 total payroll jobs were created, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Non-government jobs grew by 113,000. Payrolls are not expanding at a very strong pace... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC With triple digit temperatures scorching communities from Maine to Oklahoma, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), co-chairs of the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition, today sent a letter to President George W. Bush... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to ensure that Rhode Islands federal employees receive equal pay for equal work U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced legislation to include Rhode Island in the Boston federal wage area.The Rhode Island Federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to continue and expand quality health care services for low-income people across the country, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined his colleagues yesterday in introducing legislation to reauthorize the Community Health... Read More

Washington, DC In an effort to strengthen our military and address the Army and Marines mounting equipment needs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today unveiled legislation to add $10.2 billion to the $50 billion in emergency war funding already in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Department of Transportation today informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that Rhode Island will be receiving $1.65 million in federal funding for repairs to the states roads that were damaged during the flooding that occurred... Read More

Washington, DC The economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter of this year according to advance estimates released today by the Department of Commerce. In a separate release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC In an effort to improve career and technical education programs, the U.S. Senate late last night passed The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (Perkins) Act. The Perkins Act provides individuals with career and technical... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has cosponsored legislation to name a 650-mile path following the route taken by the armies of Generals George Washington and Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island and Yorktown,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding the City of Woonsocket $198,000 for the redevelopment of the Hamlet Avenue Mill area.Reed secured funding for... Read More