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![[CREDIT: Sen. Jack Reed's Office] US Sen. Jack Reed, who co-sponsored a bill in the Senate making Juneteenth a federal holiday, held an online observance of the holiday.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-federal-holiday-Reed-1-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate and House have approved bills making Juneteenth a federal holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States. The Juneteenth National Independence […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate voted 94-1 for an expanded version of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937), cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed condemning all anti-Asian sentiment, […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 variant B-117, the most common in the U.S., is also spreading in RI, and is 50% more transmissible and 50% more deadly.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
WASHINGTON, DC — The COVID-19 B117 variant has been declared the most common strain in the U.S., leading U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse to urge vigilance as RI […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Reed's office] Sen. Jack Reed speaks at CCAP, 311 Doric Ave, Cranston, about the need for increasing underserved communities' access to the COVID-19 vaccine.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Reed-CCAP-COVID-19-Vaccine-Funds-3-29-21-140x140.jpg)
CRANSTON, RI— Comprehensive Community Action (CCAP) Family Health Services in Cranston is getting nearly $3 million from the American Rescue Plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The health center is […]
![[CREDIT: RI.gov] President Elect Joe Biden has named Gov. Gina Raimondo as Commerce Secretary.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RI-Gov.-Gina-Raimondo-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate confirmed Gov. Gina M. Raimondo as Commerce Secretary Tuesday, voting 84-15, with the congratulations of RI’s Congressional delegation. Incoming Secretary Raimondo will replace acting-Commerce […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] This image shows the shape of coronaviruses. Spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona, microscopically. In this view, the protein particles E, S, and M, also located on the outer surface of the particle, have all been labeled.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE — When President Joseph Biden uses the Defense Production Act to boost COVID-19 vaccine supplies beyond RI’s 14,000 weekly doses, the state will have $70.4M for testing and vaccine […]
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 […]
