Recent News About Jack Reed
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Reed & Whitehouse Help Land Another $9M for Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has been awarded over $9 million in federal funding for operational upgrades and planning at Rhode Island’s T.F. Green International Airport.
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Reed Doesn’t Buy Excuses from Failed Bank Executives & Instead Calls for Stronger Oversight of Banking Sector
Reed Doesn’t Buy Excuses from Failed Bank Executives & Instead Calls for Stronger Oversight of Banking Sector
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Reed & Whitehouse Help Improve Mental Health Services in Newport
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and emotional well-being, while reducing the stigma around mental health disorders.
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Reed: Nearly $1 Billion Now Available to Lower Costs & Renovate Affordable Housing
New federal funding is now available to modernize and upgrade eligible federally-assisted multifamily housing serving low-income residents to cut energy bills and reduce pollution, thanks to a provision U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) helped include in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169).
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As COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Ends, Fallout Continues & Reed Urges the Nation & States to Better Prepare for Future Pandemics
May 11 marks the official end of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency declarations.
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Under Questioning from Reed, Top Law Enforcement Officials Say GOP Proposed Budget Cuts Would Make Fentanyl Crisis Worse and America Less Safe
As Congressional Republicans continue targeting the budgets of federal law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), may 10 questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram about the real-world impacts of these proposed budget cuts.
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Reed & Van Hollen Offer Consumer Credit Control Act to Put Consumers in Charge of Credit Report Sharing & Shoot Down Unwanted “Trigger Leads”
In an effort to empower consumers and put Americans in control of their personal information and credit reports, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the Consumer Credit Control Act (S. 1327).
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Reed Delivers $812k Earmark for Farm Fresh RI Initiative to Make Buying Healthy & Delicious Local Food Easier
A 2022 study estimated that 31 percent of Rhode Island households were unable to afford enough food to feed their families, resulting in a growing number of residents utilizing charitable food pantries and meal sites across the state.
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Reed: Judge Lagueux was a Plainspoken Champion for Justice
On may 5, after the passing of retired state and federal judge Ronald R. Lagueux, 91, who served the people of Rhode Island as a state and federal jurist for over 30 years, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement:
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Reed’s HTF Law Delivers Another $3M to Boost Affordable Housing in RI
As part of his long-standing effort to help Rhode Island build more desirable, affordable rental housing units, U.S. Senator Jack Reed on may 4 announced another $3,066,413 is heading to the Ocean State courtesy of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), a program Reed created back in 2008.
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Reed Statement on Seven Former Defense Secretaries’ Letter Calling for End to Military Promotions Blockade
On may 4, after seven former U.S. Secretaries of Defense—from both Republican and Democratic administrations—sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate urging an end to a partisan, months-long blockade of hundreds of senior U.S. military promotions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:
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EDUCATORS for America Act Aims to Strengthen Educator Workforce & Address School Staffing Shortages Through Programs to Recruit, Train, Support & Retain Effective Teachers
In an effort to raise student achievement in the classroom, and rebuild the educator pipeline, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and U.S. Representative Alma Adams (D-NC) on may 1 introduced the EDUCATORS for America Act, aimed at supporting the development and retention of effective educators.
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Reed Announces Winners of 2023 High School Art Competition
U.S. Senator Jack Reed on may 2 announced the winners of his 2023 High School Art Competition to celebrate student artists across the Ocean State.