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NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - The enormous black cylinders that begin to take shape in the cavernous manufacturing production facilities at Quonset Point provide the United States with an unparalleled strategic deterrent that helps safeguard the nation and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline are demanding that the Trump administration end its sabotage of the United States Postal Service (USPS).  In a letter sent... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As Americans face record unemployment and the biggest price jump in grocery prices in nearly fifty years, and as communities struggle to reopen due to a lack of adequate novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity, U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an emergency coronavirus economic relief bill to provide tens of billions of dollars for free coronavirus testing, paid sick leave, emergency unemployment insurance,... Read More

CENTRAL FALLS, RI – Next week, starting March 12, Americans will begin receiving letters from the U.S. Census Bureau inviting them to fill out the 2020 Census.  And for the first time in U.S. Census history, the mailed invitations will... Read More

WESTERLY, RI – As local merchants prepare to roll out the welcome mat for “Small Business Saturday,” taking place nationwide on Saturday, November 30, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is once again encouraging Rhode Islanders to support local... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) was cheered by thousands of fans at the ticker tape parade in New York City, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined colleagues in introducing... Read More

NEWPORT, RI — In the wake of January’s natural gas outage affecting thousands of consumers on Aquidneck Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) officials in Newport to announce the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — In an effort to end wage discrimination and close the gender pay gap, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today joined colleagues in introducing a new version of the Paycheck Fairness Act.  The... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after Congressional leaders and President Trump reached a tentative, short-term agreement to end the Trump Shutdown and temporarily reopen the government without new wall funds, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the Net Neutrality National Day of Action, Senate and House Democrats introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) partisan decision on net neutrality... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Trump-appointed Chairman Ajit Pai, voted 2-1 yesterday to start... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Senate this evening voted to repeal President Barack Obama’s 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order, which helped ensure companies doing business with the federal government complied with laws... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed this week joined a group of Senate Democratic colleagues in urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to update disclosure requirements related to American manufacturing. In the letter, which... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to keep jobs in the United States and help consumers identify which companies are sending jobs overseas, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Dianne... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Steven T. Mnuchin for U.S. Treasury Secretary.  After the vote, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee who... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined with Democratic leaders, fast food workers, and labor advocates in calling on Andrew Puzder to withdraw as President Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Labor.  Mr. Puzder... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after reports that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate fast food executive Andrew Puzder to be the next U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Labor, Health and Human Services,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- With Congress poised to consider changing U.S. bankruptcy laws in a way that would put the rights of financial firms with large risky bets ahead of the claims of average Americans, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and improve corporate disclosure of material risks from climate change, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced legislation to modernize the Securities and Exchange Commission’s... Read More