WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders met with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the emergency national security funding package for Ukraine, Israel, and other national security priorities. After the meeting, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement: "  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is joining U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and other colleagues in supporting an amendment to preserve Congress's role in approving U.S. assistance to foreign militaries. This amendment would strike a provision in the proposed national security supplemental funding bill that would waive notification requirements for U.S. fund  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Ahead of a Saturday deadline, the U.S. Senate today came together and voted 77-18 to pass legislation to avoid a federal government shutdown and keep the government open as Congress continues its work on appropriations bills. If the U.S. House of Representatives approves the measure, which is expected, it will extend current federal spending and keep the government open until early March. The short-term s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, today urged the Supreme Court to reject an industry-driven campaign to dismantle core functions of the federal government. Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which ask the Court to overrule decades of settled precedent to curtail federal administ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today cheered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement of a proposed rule to establish a fee on excess methane pollution by the oil and gas industry. Whitehouse was the author of the original methane fee proposal that was negotiated into the Inflation Reduction Act and passed into law in 2022. "I appla  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing January 2024 as "National Mentoring Month" to celebrate the positive influence mentors can have on children and young adults. Whitehouse and Capito are joined by 33 bipartisan cosponsors. "Mentors provide wisdom, stability, and guidance to inspire the next generation," said Whit  more