PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island State Police increased police presence statewide as a joint session of Congress reconvened in the U.S. Capitol building to reject an objection to President Elect […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House just passed the recession lifeline CASH Act increasing pandemic stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 as President Donald J. Trump claims he wants, and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A $2.3 trillion 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill including a $900 billion COVID-19 Relief Package has cleared Congress and waits President Donald J. Trump’s signature. The legislation cleared the […]
![[CREDIT: GSA.gov] GSA Administrator Emily Murphy](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Emily-Murphy-140x140.jpg)
WASHINGTON, DC — General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily W. Murphy, President Donald Trump’s appointee,has relented in her weeks-long delay of acknowledging President-Elect Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 election win, signing […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: U.S. Senate] CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen Jack Reed (D-RI) that facemasks are more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection than a vaccine would be.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CDC-Director-Redfield-COVID-19-Senate-Facemasks-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC – Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) before a key Senate panel that face masks may provide more protection from COVID-19 than […]
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. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 23 other Senators pressing U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and Acting […]
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 – Late last night, Congress unanimously voted to extend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s authority to approve Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, loans through Aug. 8, sending the measure […]
WARWICK, RI — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined RI Congressional delegates praising Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections for 650,000 undocumented immigrants brought […]
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 […]
