WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, returned from meetings with counterparts among NATO allies and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week, […]
WARWICK, RI — This weekend, the state wraps Gaspee Days, the celebration of its lead role in the Revolutionary War, the burning of the HMS Gaspee by a daring band of […]
STATE HOUSE — The Senate today passed library library freedom legislation introduced by Sen. Mark McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) that would codify protections to public libraries in state law. The […]
WEST WARWICK, RI — Friday, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island delivering meals to local seniors to highlight the critical services its volunteers provide […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), said Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and China’s intent and ability to challenge United States’ […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced a new $876,792 federal grant for the Rhode Island Department of Education – RIDE school modernization , preventing environmental health risks, […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warns motorists to be alert for deer crossing roads, particularly at dawn and dusk as breeding season continues through December. Known […]
WARWICK, RI — Not long after the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by a daring band of Rhode Islanders, newspaper accounts of the deed reached Col. George Washington at Mount Vernon, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have announced the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has been awarded more than $9 million in federal T. F. Green […]
KINGSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is bringing Director Sethuraman Panchanathan of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University of Rhode Island to tour Ocean State research […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and colleagues sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra urging speedy supervision of large Buy Now […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The federal government is investing $52 billion for computer chip manufacturing across the United States, something U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says is critical to America’s national […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s federal school safety legislation efforts and the grant writing skill of Warwick Schools’ Director of Technology Jeff Taylor have landed $358,273 in federal […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The January 6 Committee ended its likely final hearing Thursday with a subpoena for former president Donald J. Trump to answer for orchestrating the Capitol riots, which […]
NEWPORT, RI — Two Famous-class U.S. Coast Guard cutters whose keels were laid in Middletown in the 1980s are making their new base in Rhode Island, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined Providence Water and Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank officials Monday, highlighting a $3.3 million earmark for replacing lead pipes and […]
Warwick, RI — Rhode Island celebrates its daring lead role in the Revolutionary War with Gaspee Days in Pawtuxet Village this weekend, honoring “The First Blow for Freedom,” the 1772 […]
WARWICK, RI — This morning, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse met with Mayor Frank Picozzi to discuss $5 million in federal funding helping Warwick advance the City Hall […]
CRANSTON, RI – As Rhode Island’s restaurant industry recovers from the pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s aiming for a second round of federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund aid to local, independently-owned […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed and the United Way of Rhode Island recently announced nearly $2 million for new Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) funding in Rhode […]
CRANSTON, RI – On Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m., U.S. Senator Jack Reed will host his annual college financial aid workshop for high school students and families across Rhode […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed has joined with U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and 47 colleagues in introducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), to restore […]
WARWICK, RI — In Gamm Theatre‘s “A Lie Agreed Upon,” based on Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of The People,” a community is torn apart by a major health crisis. The […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging federal researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study the increasing jellyfish populations found in two Charlestown salt […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate has voted 92-6 to advance the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937) to address the rise of hate crimes and unprovoked violence targeted at […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 31 other colleagues to prevent the Trump Administration’s suppression of […]
CRANSTON, RI — The state’s effort to improve traffic flow around Quonset Business Park and upgrade a key stretch of Rte. 37, connecting Cranston and Warwick is getting a $25.3 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 27 Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s push conditioning […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed has announced $21,789,000 in Congressionally-appropriated State Revolving Funds (SRFs) for clean drinking water infrastructure projects in Rhode Island. Administered by the U.S. Environmental […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Treasury and U.S. Small Business Administration have settled on a borrower-friendly PPP EZ form for loan forgiveness following Sen. Jack Reed’s legislation and small business […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with dozens of Senate colleagues seeking new funding for the federal TRIO academic aid programs […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The full CDC COVID-19 reopening plan guiding businesses and schools on reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shelved by President Donald J. Trump, and U.S. Senator […]
WASHINGTON, DC – As COVID-19 spells turbulence for the airline industry, the CARES Act delivers $50 billion in aid, which U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said has a safe landing […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced $22 million in federal aid for T.F. Green Airport, part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is leading 24 Senators urging the Trump Administration to open ACA enrollment in exchanges such as HSRI so people can buy health […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s plan to modernize public classrooms in Rhode Island and nationwide got a boost by U.S. House leaders announcing their intent to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY20 includes targeted fentanyl sanctions for illicit traffickers from China and Mexico, helping to curb the amount of the dangerously […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (T-HUD), received the Railroad Achievement Award recognizing his leadership on freight and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Following disclosure of a call in which President Donald Trump responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for missiles with requests for investigation into his potential presidential […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Donald Trump released a record of a call between the president and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the subject of an intelligence whistleblower complaint withheld last […]