After a historic 60-39 vote in the US Senate to begin consideration of the Protect Patients and Affordable Care Act of 2009, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement:
“Tonight the Senate voted to move one step closer to enacting the most significant health reform that this country [...]Sen. Jack Reed will be hosting his 19th annual college financial aid workshop this coming Monday, Nov 23, at the Lincoln campus of Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), according to an e-mail from his office. The 90-minute workshop will feature Q&A and panelists from the RI Higher Education Authority, [...]
The Senate voted on Wednesday for a military construction appropriations bill that would provide $73.85 million next year for improvements at Naval Station Newport.
"This federal funding will allow the Navy to make critical renovations at Naval Station Newport," Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) said in statement announcing the unanimous [...]
Some musings on media happenings over the weekend:
The White House may be shunning Fox News, but its surrogates are still pushing the administration's line. Rhode Island's senior senator, Jack Reed, was on Fox News Sunday this weekend doing battle with Rudy Giuliani over Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try some [...]PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former high-ranking Rhode Island state police official has been sworn in as the new U.S. Marshal.
Steven O'Donnell was sworn in Friday at the federal courthouse in downtown Providence.
O'Donnell was recommended by the state's Democratic senators, Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, and then nominated [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, was fresh from a meeting at the Pentagon this morning when he was asked about the decision that President Barack Obama faces about troop deployments in Afghanistan."He has to do" [...]
Senator Christopher Dodd has unveiled his lengthy, long-awaited bill on overhauling a financial system that played a central role in the economic crash. The bill is sweeping in scope, but includes - among other things - significant segments of legislation Jack Reed submitted earlier this year cracking down [...]
Rhody's Congressional delegation was in the spotlight this weekend. First, Senator Jack Reed was on CBS' Face the Nation doing battle with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, on health care reform. Reed voiced support for a public option, while acknowledging an "active debate" on alternatives to a straight [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed will be among the panelists Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation when the group discusses the Fort Hood shootings and the elections this week.
Reed will be joined at 10:30 a.m. on WPRI-TV by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, a member of the [...]
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, third from left, stops at Hamilton Elementary School as part of a national "listening tour." With him Monday, from left, are U.S. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, of Rhode Island, and Larry Purtill, president of National Education Association of Rhode Island. [...]
By John E. Mulligan
Journal Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin and Sen. Jack Reed plan to be among the legislators on hand in the White House Rose Garden Wednesday when President Obama signs a $680-billion Pentagon budget blueprint for next year that cuts a number of weapons-buying programs [...]
Rhode Island children from urban areas will get the chance to explore nature first-hand thanks to a federal grant that the Audubon Society of Rhode Island has received for its efforts to promote the study of enviromental science.
Audubon and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced on Monday that the [...]
I’m glad to know that Sen. Jack Reed is coming out and criticizing the previous Bush administration about its shortcomings with regard to Afghanistan. Ian Donnis has the details about a conference call held yesterday afternoon.
Here's some of what Reed had to say:
The same politicians [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Jack Reed has been made chairman of a key Senate panel with jurisdiction over Navy shipbuilding, a significant assignment for the Democrat from Rhode Island, which depends on the industry for many jobs.
Reed will take the chair of the Seapower Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee, [...]
Senator Jack Reed is getting some play for his comments on former Vice President Dick Cheney's latest pronouncements on Afghanistan. From The Hill:
Republicans have developed a pattern of criticizing President Barack Obama for trying to fix problems the GOP caused, one Democratic senator said Thursday.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed rebutted former Vice President Dick Cheney's critique of President Obamas' Afghanistan policy review Wednesday, laying at the Bush administration's door the responsibility for setbacks in the U.S. war effort.
"Many aspects of the war policy went wrong," Reed said in a conference call with' [...]
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to urge passage of a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for many people who are out of work.
"Hundreds of thousands of Americans have already exhausted their unemployment benefits, including 3,500 Rhode Islanders. Unfortunately, this" [...]
