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WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent the Trump Administration from suppressing scientific findings and impeding scientific work by agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, during a hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) questioned the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Robert Redfield about President Trump’s failure to promote... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, under questioning from U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified before a key Senate panel that face masks may provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed says that neighborhood restaurants are critical to our communities and economy, and that Congress must act quickly to pass bipartisan legislation before more local eateries are put out of business for... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI – Rhode Island fishermen who’ve been negatively impacted by President Trump’s trade wars should soon begin to see some much needed financial relief from the federal government. U.S. Senator Jack Reed says... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help communities combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Rhode Island, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a new... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After the Senate returned from a month-long recess, U.S. Senator Jack Reed urged lawmakers to take up a comprehensive, bipartisan COVID relief package that provides resources to contain the pandemic and help lift the economy... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following joint statement... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sent a letter to Secretary... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the U.S. Census Bureau already struggling to administer the 2020 Census amidst a pandemic, the Trump Administration this week announced that it will cut Census data collection operations short by one month.  The... Read More