As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) takes a severe toll on Americans above the age of 65, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on Congress to prioritize additional federal assistance to help seniors stay healthy, connected, and provide them with financial support and a...Read More

With hundreds of thousands of restaurants and other small businesses hanging on by a thread, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling on the U.S. Senate to take swift action to fix the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  Senator Reed says Congress must extend the amou...Read More

As the U.S. Senate adjourns for the month of May without taking a single vote on legislation related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) over the three-week session, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is voicing frustration with Senate Republicans’ unwillingness to address th...Read More

In an effort to help protect seniors and mitigate the impact novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on nursing homes, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced a plan to send $34,460,000 in federal funding to help 71 local skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) across Rhode...Read More

As concert venues around the country have shuttered to help prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Read More

U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with Tina Smith (D-MN) in leading the charge for dedicated funding for children’s hospitals in the next novel coronavirus (COVID-19) federal emergency response package....Read More

In an effort to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to prevent homelessness and help more families access safe housing amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David C...Read More

With individuals and states facing dire unemployment challenges and in need of an economic lifeline in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health crisis, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is offering new legislation to expand and enhance pandemic unempl...Read More

- After the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally posted a vastly scaled down version of its guidance for safely reopening schools, businesses, and other community organizations, U....Read More

 In an effort to combat rising suicide rates, a bipartisan bill co-authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to designate 9-8-8 as a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline unanimously passed the U.S. Senate last night.  The Nat...Read More

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. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is urging Congressi...Read More

Although the Trump Administration has yet to submit a detailed national novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing plan, and the U.S. continues to lag other nations in per-capita diagnostic COVID-19 testing, the White House this week is releasing $11 billion to states nationwide to help w...Read More

As more Americans find themselves in crisis, the U.S. Senate is finally poised to answer U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) call to simplify the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from a ten-digit number to 9-8-8, making it easier for desperate individuals or b...Read More

After President Trump recently claimed “testing isn’t necessary&r...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Rhode Island’s farmers, fishermen, and food industry are all facing widespread market disruption and hungry families in need require additional nutritional assistance. In an effort to assist Rhode Island’s familie...Read More

Unemployment is spreading across the country like the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), upending lives and livelihoods, and damaging individuals, businesses, state, and local budgets at an alarming rate.  The U.S. economy shed more than 20 million jobs in April alone and 33.5 milli...Read More

As cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to climb at veterans facilities nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is leading efforts to spur the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to move aggressively to protect veterans and staff and control the spre...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, more Rhode Islanders than ever are in need of emergency and supplemental food. At the same time, Rhode Island farmers and food sector businesses are facing widespread market and supply chain disruption. In an effort to assist...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help communities combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), today announced a new infusion o...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help Rhode Islanders pay their utility bills during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $5,876,445 for Rhode Island through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that was included as part...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Citing the need for rapid, routine, accurate, and ongoing testing, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive an additional injection of $3,658,712 in federal funds to help community health centers expand novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testi...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who led efforts to create the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No. 116-136) unveiled new legislation to ensure states, cities, and towns have the funding...Read More

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a huge bite out of the fishing industry, with fisherman seeing a slump in demand from restaurants and a shutdown of export markets, leaving many fishing vessels tied up at the docks during prime fishing months.  Meanwhile, har...Read More

U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 12 Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil...Read More

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced that Thrive Behavioral Health, Inc. and Newport Mental Health have been awarded $8 million in...Read More

 The motorcoach industry has been significantly impacted by COVID-19 and is currently at a virtual standstill.  To assist this critical transportation sector, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman and Ra...Read More

With a key court filing deadline looming today, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr reportedly made the case to top Trump officials this week urging them to aban...Read More

After President Trump issued an order to keep meatpacking plants open and help plant owners at the expense of workers who are charged with keeping our food supply safe, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are calling on the Trump...Read More

The U.S. Senate plans to reconvene tomorrow, despite the fact that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity at the U.S. Capitol is inadequate.  As the United States faces a severe national shortage of COVID-19 test kits and lab resources, the Trump Administrati...Read More

Seeking to help put more money in the pockets of working families in Rhode Island and nationwide as they cope with the ongoing coronavirus crisis, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today joined a group of 39 senators in se...Read More

As scientists worldwide race for a cure for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), local efforts, including robust contact tracing, are key to stopping the spread of the virus and safely reopening the economy.  A group of 14 leading U.S. Senators, led by U.S. Senator Jack ReedRead More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Recognizing that quality, affordable child care is essential to working families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $8.16 million in federal funding to support child care needs for essential workers across Rhode Island.  The federal funds, which were inclu...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- As problems continue to plague the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which Congress intended to serve as relief for small businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for a Congressional investigation and thorough audit into how the program is being administered...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As unemployment skyrockets in Rhode Island and nationwide, and governors work together to determine when and how the economy can be safely reopened, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for a national workforce development strategy and a new $15.1 billion investment i...Read More

Today, Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), responded to the Trump Administration’s needless bureaucratic restrictions on how Governors can distribute Coronavirus Relief Funds to their states, sending a Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced that for the second time in just over a week, the U.S. Treasury Department wired a $625 million payment into Rhode Island’s bank account, and the state has finally received its guaranteed allocation of $1.25 billion in C...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed shared a new COVID-19 Resource Guide to help keep Rhode Islanders informed and updated about federal assistance and efforts to combat novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  The guide covers...Read More

Today, the president signed into law a $484 billion ‘COVID 3.5’ package directing billions of federal dollars in relief to Rhode Island workers, small businesses, hospitals, health systems, and boost the state’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing capacity. <...Read More

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that $5.4 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - After holding the line and forcing Congressional Republicans to include a national testing strategy and additional federal assistance for Rhode Island hospitals and state-led testing efforts in the interim coronavirus relief package, known as ‘COVID 3.5,’ U.S. Se...Read More

 In an effort to mobilize the power of national service, assist communities in need, and put more Americans to work combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and building a better future, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, in an effort to help seniors and people with disabilities and their caregivers cope with the spread of coronavirus, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced over $5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, the U.S. Senate approved a nearly $500 billion interim coronavirus relief package, known as ‘COVID 3.5.’  The legislation provides additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL) to help sm...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- In order to safely reopen the American economy and prevent a second wave of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from flooding the health care system and further damaging the economy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the United States needs a comprehensive, methodical strategy...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As Americans battle a potentially fatal novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that attacks people’s respiratory system, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have urged the Trump Administration to cut down on air pollution by strengthening cle...Read More

With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) causing severe economic turbulence for the airline industry, Congress stepped in with a $50 billion rescue package in the CARES Act to help save hundreds of thousands of jobs and ensure air travel remains safe, reliable, and a viable connection...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As parents are forced to miss paychecks and kids can’t go to school, U.S. Senator Jack Reed wants to ensure children and families can still access nutritious meals.  Today, Senator Reed announced that Rhode Island has been approved for a federal program t...Read More

As federal resources are desperately needed to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bolster public health, and assist small businesses, the Trump Administration is awarding a $569 million no-bid contract to an apparently politically-connected, private contractor to build 17.17 m...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced that the federal government has wired $625 million to Rhode Island through the Coronavirus Relief Fund for states that Senator Reed championed in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- After hearing from frustrated small businesses who have applied and been approved to receive federal aid, but have yet to receive any funding, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump Administration to prioritize small businesses and streamline the Paycheck Protection...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to provide employment and training services to Rhode Islanders who were laid off because of the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Represen...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to protect public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Rhode Island will receive an additional $941,560 in federal...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As America faces an affordable housing crunch, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that Rhode Island will receive a $3 million boost to put toward affordable housing, courtesy of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), a program he created back in 2008. Re...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help alleviate some financial pressure for Rhode Islanders, the state, and local communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed says a major influx of federal COVID-19 relief funding will begin flowing to the Ocean State this week. Nearly three weeks af...Read More

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) does not discriminate and neither should federal relief efforts says U.S. Senator Jack Reed.  Alarming reports suggest significant racial disparities in the rate of coronavirus cases and deaths in African American and La...Read More

With Rhode Island and states across the country facing severe challenges to secure lifesaving supplies from the federal government amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have joined 45 of their Senate co...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- While people are ordered to stay home, work remotely, and avoid public places to help prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), those experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault within their households are finding themselves at greater risk.  While Rhode Island&rsquo...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, after speaking with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said he came away encouraged that the Ocean State could receive the first wave of state stabilization funds next week.  Senator Reed...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As the Trump Administration provides conflicting information to small businesses and fails to effectively implement a key federal disaster loan program, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed is teaming up with several colleagues on a new proposal to give essential workers who have been on the job during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a $25,000 hazard pay increase, the equivalent of an additional $13 an hour from th...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help public safety agencies across Rhode Island effectively combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $4.57 million in federal funding for the state.  The funds are made available through the recently enacte...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- After the Trump Administration slighted T.F. Green airport in a “continuation of service” order for airlines receiving assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No. 116-136), Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is ur...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump Administration to reopen the Affordable Care Act (AC...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump Administration to reopen the Affordable Care Act (AC...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacts airports around the country, causing them to lose revenue and cutback on services, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Dev...Read More

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PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to ensure local news outlets can continue to provide factual, reliable information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are seeking new federal funding to support loc...Read More

Seeking to ensure that workers in Rhode Island and nationwide are able to access needed assistance during the current coronavirus crisis, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse this week joined 35 Democratic colleagues in sending a Read More

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced $7.25 million in federal grant funding to help eight Rhode Island health centers...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - After helping to secure approximately $150 million in emergency Medicaid funding for Rhode Island in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law No. 116-127), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump Administration to reopen the Affordable Care Act (AC...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is backing a new interim emergency COVID-19 rescue package that includes $500 billion in federal funding to help hospitals, small businesses and workers, and states to urgently address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from both...Read More

 Today, after U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced the resignation of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, backed th...Read More

Today, after President Trump demoted the Pentagon’s top watchdog, removing him as chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), which Congress created to oversee the $2.2 trillion CARES Act package, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), th...Read More

U.S Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced a new $666,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support Rhode...Read More

- After President Donald Trump announced his intent to elevate one of his own lawyers to be the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) and oversee a coronavirus bailout fund, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking Committee, issued t...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, says a national, coordinated stay-at-home agreement by all fifty states and U.S. territories is needed to effectively combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  While Cons...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - After successfully winning a major victory for seniors and...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, after the Trump Administration granted Governor Gina M. Raimondo’s request to authorize the use of National Guard members for Rhode Island under Title 32, United States Code, section 502(f), to perform humanitarian missions across the state during the COVID-...Read More

After the U.S. Navy announced it will relieve Captain Brett Crozier, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), who wrote a letter to Navy leadership asking for stronger measures to control a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak onboard, Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As record numbers of Americans are out of work and filing for unemployment assistance, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Trump Administration to swiftly issue guidance to states and help get funds out the door and into the hands of those eligible for assistance.<...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As the calendar turns to the first of the month and rent checks and mortgage payments come due for many households who have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement: “Rent and mor...Read More

In an effort to help retirees and seniors living on fixed incomes access the direct payments they are eligible for under the new $2.2 trillion emergency coronavirus relief law, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are asking the Trump Admi...Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a letter urging the Trump Administration to quick...Read More

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spreads and more Americans are struggling to make ends meet, the Trump Administration is declining to throw them a lifeline by reopening enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) federal exchanges.  The decision not to reopen Hea...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to ensure the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is prepared to deal with a surge in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the newly passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes ne...Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a letter urging the Trump Administration to quick...Read More

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that President Donald Trump has approved a major coronavirus disaster declaration for Rhode Island, freeing up needed federal emergency aid to help the state combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Governor Gi...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shuts down schools and college campuses and impacts families and communities nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced over $115 million in federal funding to help students, schools, and teachers across Rhode Isl...Read More

Following the signing into law of a $2.2-trillion economic relief package to help Americans through the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and Davi...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help communities combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), led efforts to include a major infusion of feder...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As jobless claims soar in Rhode Island and nationwide due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed says the new Read More

After Congress sprinted to complete a historic $2.2 trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue bill, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is urging the Trump Administration to effectively implement the law and promptly get the money out the door and into the hands of th...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to assist small businesses with cash flow and keep Main Street shops from permanently shuttering, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) helped pass a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue package through the Senate that includes $377 billion to assist small...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As transit agencies nationwide are hit hard by steep reductions in ridership and revenue caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban De...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed is pressing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to do a better job helping Rhode Islanders and other Americans stranded abroad.  Reed wants the State Department to provide Americans overseas with clear and timely information a...Read More

Tonight, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted 96-0 to pass the $2.2 trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue bill.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says the bipartisan package will help urgently address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from bo...Read More

In an effort to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), protect Americans, and bolster the U.S. economy, a key group of U.S. Senators, including Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), reached a bipartisan agreement on an historic, far-reaching emergency economic rescue package...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, who publicly urged President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA), says President Trump’s failure to fully utilize the law is indefensible and could lead to a shortage of...Read More

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse along with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced $539,250 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help ei...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is among the select group of U.S. Senators tasked with negotiating key elements of an emergency $1 trillion-plus economic rescue and stimulus package amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Senator Reed, who serves on th...Read More

In an effort to help states hit hardest by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, enhance response efforts, and relieve burdens on stage budgets, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, is urging the Trump Administratio...Read More

If taxpayers are forced to help companies and industries impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) wants to protect and reimburse taxpayers and ensure accountability.  Under Reed’s proposed legislation, the Protecting Taxpayers...Read More

Five days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 363-40 to approve the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Senate finally voted 90-8 to approve the measure and are sending it to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.  The bipartisan bill is des...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, who publicly urged President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA), says he strongly supports the president’s decision to invoke DPA in order to strengthen America&rs...Read More

Today, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilat...Read More

During a one-on-one phone conversation with Vice President Mike Pence last night, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, urged the Trump Administr...Read More

As schools are forced to shut down because of coronavirus and students are being asked to learn online, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to free up funds to ensure schools can provide kids in need with Internet access....Read More

In an effort to help nursing homes and assisted living facilities protect seniors and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), along with more than 30 of his Senate colleagues, is pressing the Coronavirus Task Force on i...Read More

Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today urged the Trump Administration to quickly grant Rhode Island’s request for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue an economic disaster declaration covering the state due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus...Read More

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, expanded food aid, and other measures to help Americans...Read More

According to news reports, President Trump plans to declare a national emergency over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, opening the door to additional federal aid for states, municipalities, individuals and small businesses. U.S. Senator Jack Reed supports...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed today urged Rhode Islanders to exercise caution and commonsense in the coming weeks as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spreads throughout the United States. Senator Reed stated: “We have a shared responsibility...Read More

Today, after U.S. Senator Jack Reed and several other U.S. Senators sent a letter urging Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig to extend the April 15, 2020 tax-filing deadline to provide taxpayers greater flexibility amid challe...Read More

In an effort to unlock additional aid for Rhode Island and other states impacted by the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging President Trump to issue an emergency declaration for the coronavirus pandemic.  A presidential de...Read More

In an effort to protect the health and safety of Americans and the health and well-being of our economy, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for a major economic stimulus package targeted at providing immediate relief for workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.<...Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve and spread across the U.S., Rhode Island today became the ninth state to declare a state of emergency to try and combat the virus. U.S. Senator Jack Reed said the declaration, issued by Gov...Read More

In an effort to bolster public health resources and help stop the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Senate today approved a bipartisan $8 billion funding package to combat the outbreak. U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriat...Read More

After meeting today with Vice President Mike Pence and other Trump Administration officials in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: “We need to work together to protect the America...Read More

- As the coronavirus (COVID-19) casts an uncertain shadow over many small businesses, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for the federal government to step up and offer low-interest loans to U.S. small businesses that suffer heavy financial losses due to the coronav...Read More

This week, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of the flu-like coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, that has already affected over 80,000 people worldwide is likely to spread within the United States.  Toda...Read More

After Trump Administration officials held a closed briefing today for members of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, urged the White House to be more proactive in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the novel coro...Read More

U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging U.S. health officials to be transparent and forthcoming with the American people about the risks and scope of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus.  Senator Reed says the U.S. must avoid the mistakes ma...Read More