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![[CREDIT: CFPB] President Trump has removed the CFPB's staff, funding and offices, leaving Americans and military families alone against predatory lenders and other cheats and scams.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CFPB-250x228.png)
WASHINGTON, DC — As an officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) was dismayed his troops were cheated by predatory lenders, so he knows Americans and military […]
![[CREDIT: U.S. Attorney's Office] Assistant United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha, chief of the civil division, has been nominated to serve as US Attorney in RI.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Zachary-A.-Cunha-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha informed President Donald Trump he planned to step down Friday, but the president directed him to leave Monday instead, which automatically moved First […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] On Monday, Feb. 17, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) held a press conference with Rhode Island education leaders to address the devastating impacts of proposed cuts to the U.S. Department of Education, part of the Musk - Trump Coup.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Magaziner-Reed-Fight-Trump-Coup-250x228.jpg)
 CRANSTON, RI — Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-02) and Sen. Jack Reed (RI-D) met at the National Education Association Rhode Island office Monday morning to outline the latest attack on […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] After confirmation by the U.S. Senate in a tie breaking vote of 51-50, President Donald Trump's pick to serve as Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance Saturday, Jan. 25.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hegseth-U.S.-Secretary-of-Defense-250x228.jpg)
WASHINGTON, DC — Friday, after the U.S. Senate voted 50-50 on the nomination of Peter Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote in […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Monday, President Donald Trump granted more than 1,500 insurrection pardons and commutations for people convicted and charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Social Security Fairness Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, has passed the Senate, and is on track to nix the government pension offset (GPO) and windfall elimination […]
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden announced Sunday he’s withdrawing from the race, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to run against Donald Trump, moves RI’s Congressional delegation supported. Congressman Seth […]
![[Sen. Reed's Office] U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, far left, second row, with several Senators at the NATO summit in Washington, DC. At center are Senators Dem. majority leader Chuck Schumer and GOP minority leader Mitch McConnell.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Reed-Biden-NATO-Summit-300x225.jpg)
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, […]
![[CREDIT: Breeze Airways] Breeze Airways will make TF Greene Airport in Warwick its home base, bringing 250 jobs and increasing state GDP.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Breeze-Airways-Home-Base_TF-Green-Warwick-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Breeze Airways celebrated its third year in operation May 20, announcing expansion plans that will make TF Green Airport its largest by capacity and departures over five […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Jack Reed's Office] Friday, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) helped Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island team members deliver a meal to Ms. Vivian Raposa, 76, in West Warwick, and her dog, Lulu. Pictured above, from left, Mike Florczyk, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Rhode Island, Vivian, and Reed.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Reed-Meals-on-Wheels-RI-3-1-24-300x225.jpg)
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 […]
![{U.S. Senate photo by Dan Rios] The NDAA conference committee alternates between the two chambers. This year, on Nov. 29, SASC Chairman Reed ‘passed the gavel’ to HASC Chairman Rogers, who chaired the conference meeting.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Reed-Collins-Pass-Gavel_NDAA-140x140.jpg)
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, […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] U.S. Sen. Jack Reed speaks during a ceremony honoring Kent Hospital ER doctor and U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps Major Dr. Benjamin Misemer Oct. 12, 2023. Sitting with Misemer is his son, Owen.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kent-Hospital-ER-Doctor-Misemer-Army-Reserve-2-1-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — In honor of Veteran’s Day, Care New England hosted a ceremony Oct. 12 for staff in the National Guard, reservists, and veterans, surprising Kent Hospital ER […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed has announced $248,490 in federal funding for an AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) project helping Rhode Island deal with the opioid […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's Office] Gov. Dan McKee during the kickoff of a $25M project to finish Rte. 37 upgrades.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rte.-37-Grant-RAISE-Reed-McKee-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Friday morning, Gov. Dan McKee, RI’s Congressional delegation, state officials and Mayor Frank Picozzi kicked off the $25 million Rte. 37 RAISE Grant Award Project that will […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Reed's Office] U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner, Newport Mayor Xaykham Khamsavoravong and state and local officials to celebrate the latest installment of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding for Rhode Island.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RI-Broadband-Access-grant-140x140.jpg)
NEWPORT, RI –Friday, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Gov. Dan McKee and local officials to announce $108.7 million in Broadband Equity, Access, […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOT] Rte. I-295 Looking South at Rte. 37 Overpass Bridges. RIDOT is demolishing the bridges over I-295, Cranston Street & the Washington Secondary Bike Path for the Cranston Canyon Project, so the Rte. 37 traffic pattern is changing.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RIDOT-Cranston-Canyon-Project-Rte.-37-traffic-pattern-2-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT began rebuilding bridges along Rte. 37 for Phases 1 and 2 of Cranston Canyon work in April, but a new $25 million grant will also address […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] Sen. Jack Reed questioned federal law enforcement officials about the impact of Speaker McCarthy's proposed $4.5T budget cuts on the opioid epidemic and public safety.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sen.-Reed-Debt-Ceiling-Budget-Cuts-Opioid-Epidemic-Impact-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Dist. 23) uses conservative lawmakers’ refusal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to negotiate $4.5 trillion in GOP budget cuts, Sen. Jack […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Communities and the calls their fire stations respond to grow, but some facilities are outdated and need upgrades to better serve communities, needs U.S. Senator Jack Reed […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – About $15.5 million in Federal clean water financing is flowing to Rhode Island thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) championed by U.S. Senator […]
PROVIDENCE, RI —  The latest CDC Youth Risk Behavior report shows teens, especially girls, are experiencing high levels of depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts, and mental health challenges, which U.S. Senator […]
![[CREDIT: CSPAN] Former Gov. Lincoln Almond at the 2001 National Governors Association conference.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lincoln-Almond-CSPAN-National-Governors-Association-conference-2001-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Dan McKee has ordered flags lowered half-staff in memory of former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Almond, and for his portrait hung in the State House Rotunda. […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Fire Department plans to hire 20 new firefighters after being awarded a $6.3 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. On Thursday, […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools Administration is located at 69 Draper Ave.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: DOJ] Joseph Sirr of North Kingstown, RI was charged for his part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot insurrection in 2021.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Joseph-Sirr-Capitol-Riot-Charged-1-140x140.png)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: CODAC] U.S. Senators Reed and Whitehouse have announced $1.5M for expanding CODAC's Providence HQ and train and equip first responders in administering NARCAN.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CODAC-Cranston-RI-1-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced $1.5 million in federal funds to expand CODAC headquarters and train and equip the state’s first responders to administer […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Reed's office] The USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908) and USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909) are now based out of Naval Station Newport,](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Campbell-Tahoma-RI-Coast-Guard-Cutters-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Goldman Sachs] RI Sen. Jack Reed met with 41 small business owners during the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in Washington DC.July 19-20. Among the RI business owners was Katie Schibler Conn, founder of KSA Marketing in Warwick, pictured in the front, fifth from the left.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Reed-Small-Businessses-Summit-KSA-Marketing-140x140.jpeg)
WASHINGTON, DC — Forty-one Rhode Island small businesses attended Goldman Sachs’10,000 Small Businesses Summit July 19-20, including Katie Schibler Conn, founder of KSA Marketing in Warwick. She and […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOT] RIDOT will periodically close ramps during an Airport Connector paving project starting Tuesday night, July 5, 2022.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Airport-Connector-paving-closure-June-28-2022-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island Department of Transportation broke ground on the $12.9 million Airport Connector project in Warwick this morning, one of many large paving projects scheduled for 2022. […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Picozzi's Office] A view of part of Mayor Frank Picozzi's $3.5M City Hall Plaza plan.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/City-Hall-Plaza-Plan-1-140x140.png)
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 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced Rhode Island will receive an extra $2,501,975 through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for local home energy […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island fishermen and seafood processors weathering the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic turmoil have a $371,412 grant from the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed has announced the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is awarding two DEM grants totaling $10,737,672 through the Wildlife […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Jack Reed's Office] US Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Larry Warner Chief Community Impact and Equity Officer at United Way RI, show off a check for nearly $2 million to aid the hungry and homeless in RI>](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Reed-United-Way-homeless-hungry-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] A large number of daily new COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals even if the virus is less likely to send someone to the hospital.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RI-COVID-Count-Climbing-01-16-2022-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI COVID count climbs further into double digits at 21 percent positive as National Guard and federal troops aid hospitals and Gov. Dan McKee marshals medical […]
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 — RI’s Congressional delegation has announced a $14 million grant for T.F. Green Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial work, debt service, and preventing pathogen spread. U.S. […]
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 […]
