WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-leads of a bipartisan Senate delegation to the Munich Security Conference, have returned to the United States after two days of meetings with America's transatlantic allies. The Whitehouse-Sullivan delegation is called "CODEL McCain" in honor of the late Republican Senator John McCain, who led the American congressio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House floor in support of robust funding for the Victims of Crime Act, also known as VOCA. This program supports millions of survivors of violent crime through direct service organizations including domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child abuse treatment programs. As Congress prepares to consider FY2024 appropriations bills, Rep. M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) spoke on the House floor urging Speaker Mike Johnson to call a vote on Ukraine funding. The Senate passed an emergency defense spending bill on Tuesday which would provide military assistance for Ukraine and Israel, among other foreign aid provisions, with more than a dozen Republicans on board. Speaker Johnson has indicated that he won't bring the overwhelmingly  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: LVIV, UKRAINE - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), is back in Ukraine this week as part of a Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This is Reed's third trip to the region, and it comes at a critical time for Ukraine and on the heels of the U.S. Senate voting 70-29 in favor of a bipartisan supplementa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Footage of CODEL meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/1761073346169430298?s=46&t=WsP2p747DyFpDh9S-ij_1Q LVIV, UKRAINE - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Ukraine as part of a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Richar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to ensure public safety and continue commonsense laws already on the books, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Undetectable Firearms Act Reauthorization bill (S.3677). This bipartisan legislation would permanently authorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, which makes it illegal to manufacture, own, or sell a firearm that isn't detectable by a walk-t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $47,491,000 in new federal drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funding to help pay for clean water projects across the Ocean State. The federal funds are flowing to Rhode Island thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), also known as the Bipartisa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Jan. 31, 2024, entitled "A Blueprint for Prosperity: Expanding Housing Affordability": * * * Welcome back, Senator Johnson. This morning, we'll discuss how investments in expanding housing affordability can drive economic growth. For decades, the United States has faced a housing affordability problem. It is a market failure many years  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by RIHousing Executive Director Carol Ventura involving a hearing on Jan. 31, 2024, entitled "A Blueprint for Prosperity: Expanding Housing Affordability": * * * 1Testimony on"A Blueprint for Prosperity: Expanding Housing Affordability"Before the Senate Budget Committeeby January 31, 2024 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the serious  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE The Ohio State Law Journal today published an article by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, calling out the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts's tenure for embarking on improper fact-finding to deliver victories for partisan interests. Whitehouse's article sheds light on the Court's propensity for relying  more