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May 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Bennet Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging President Trump to Reverse Proposal to Eliminate Funding for America's Leading Service and Volunteerism Agency
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense - Senators Oppose Defense Department Transfer Of $1.5 Billion To Pay For President Trump's Wall
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Keep Appropriations Bill Free of Anti-Environmental Riders
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 2, 2019
Whiehouse, Wyden, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Overhaul Energy Tax Code, Combat Climate Change
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 24, 2019
Letter to Sen. Jerry Moran, Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Collins, King Join Bipartisan Effort to Reject Proposed Elimination of Funding for National Sea Grant Program
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 16, 2019
Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Hassan and Warren Lead Colleagues in Requesting Increased Funding in FY2020 Budget for Title X Program
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 15, 2019
Letter to Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Tester - Senators Heinrich, Mc Sally, and Colleagues Request $75 Million for Safeguarding Faith-Based Communities
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 12, 2019
Whitehouse Joins Warren in Reintroducing Legislation to Simplify Tax Filing and Save Families Money
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 10, 2019
Letter to Sen. Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Vice-Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Durbin, Duckworth Push For Greater Federal Investments In Public Safety & Community Policing
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 9, 2019
SASC Chairman Inhofe and Ranking Member Reed Announce Markup Schedule for Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Acting White House Chief of Staff - Durbin, Reed Press Trump Administration On Use Of OCO/GWOT Funding
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 8, 2019
Letter to Chair Collins and Ranking Member Reed - Senator Heinrich and Colleagues Urges Increased Funding For Affordable Housing
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 27, 2019
Senators Collins, Reed Question DOT Secretary on 737-MAX Crashes, DOT Budget Request
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 25, 2019
Letter to Secretary Shanahan - Answers Following Transfer of $1 Billion in Military Funding to Fund Border Wall
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 14, 2019
Letter to Secretary Shanahan - Answers from DoD on its Plans to Defund Military Projects to Pay for Trump's Border Wall
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 13, 2019
Whitehouse, Doggett Author Bills to End Trump Tax Breaks for Exporting Jobs & Profits
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 11, 2019
Whitehouse Slams Irresponsible Trump Budget
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
March 6, 2019
Senators Welcome as "breakthrough' a Judicial Conference Warning to Judges, Clerks Against Partisan Training Programs
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 22, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Senator Murray, Senate Democrats: Families Facing Surprise Tax Bills Should Not Be Penalized for Trump Treasury's Withholding Mistakes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 15, 2019
Whitehouse Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Avoid Shutdown, Slams Trump's Artificial "emergency'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 25, 2019
Reed Touts Importance of Earned Income Tax Credit
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2019
Reed Statement on Agreement to End Trump Shutdown
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Deal to End Tump Shutdown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 24, 2019
Reed Votes to End the Shutdown and Enhance Border Security, But Republican Leaders Block Bipartisan Effort to Reopen Government
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 24, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Government Funding Votes
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 19, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Trump Immigration Proposal
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 14, 2019
Congressional Delegation Joins Unpaid Federal Employees to Call for End to Trump Shutdown
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 11, 2019
Letter to Secretary Mnuchin - Given Changes in Tax Code, Cantwell, Colleagues Ask Treasury Secretary Why Taxpayer Advocate Not Considered Essential Service during Government Shutdown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Senators Press Wheeler on Questionable Payment to Pruitt Legal Defense Fund
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget - On First Day Employees are Missing Paychecks, Udall & Heinrich Fight to Protect Federal Workers and Contractors Stiffed Out of Pay Due to Trump Shutdown
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Menendez, Colleagues Express Concern Shutdown will Leave Taxpayers Needing Assistance Out in the Cold
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 9, 2019
Whitehouse, Blunt Introduce Bipartisan Budget Reform Bill
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 9, 2019
Government Funding
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 8, 2019
Reed Calls on Trump to End Shutdown; Unconvinced by President's Demand for Multi-Billion Dollar Wall Funding
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 8, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on President Trump's Immigration Address
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 4, 2019
Reed Opposes Trump Administration's Plan to Declare National Emergency & Use Defense Dollars to Pay for Wall
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 10, 2018
Letter to Secretary Mattis - Plans To Build Barriers Along Arizona Border
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 29, 2018
Whitehouse Statement on Budget Process Overhaul Vote
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Nov. 15, 2018
Bipartisan Budget Option Added to Budget Overhaul Proposal
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sept. 21, 2018
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Warner Joins Letter Strongly Opposing Cuts to Aid to Palestinian People
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader, the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Portman, Whitehouse Call on House-Senate Negotiators to Strengthen Opioids Bill With CARA 2.0 Provisions
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 15, 2018
Letter to Ms. Kay James, President of the Heritage Foundation - Disclose Donors
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 1, 2018
Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen. Jack Reed
June 28, 2018
Reed Helps Advance $179B Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill in U.S. Senate
Sen. Jack Reed
June 25, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Stop Withholding Funds from TRIO
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 19, 2018
U.S. Senate Passes 2019 National Defense Bill
Sen. Jack Reed
May 9, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Barrasso - Senator Markey, EPW Democrats Request Pruitt Appear before Committee on Ethics and Travel Issues
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 27, 2018
Reed Encourages RI Police Departments to Apply for New Federal COPS Grants
Sen. Jack Reed
April 26, 2018
Reed Opposes Trump Proposal to Increase Rent on Struggling Families
Sen. Jack Reed
April 26, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Commitee - Opening Statement of Sen. Reed, Hearing on Department of Defense Budget Posture
Sen. Jack Reed
Date
Title
Politician
May 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Bennet Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging President Trump to Reverse Proposal to Eliminate Funding for America's Leading Service and Volunteerism Agency
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense - Senators Oppose Defense Department Transfer Of $1.5 Billion To Pay For President Trump's Wall
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Keep Appropriations Bill Free of Anti-Environmental Riders
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 2, 2019
Whiehouse, Wyden, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Overhaul Energy Tax Code, Combat Climate Change
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 24, 2019
Letter to Sen. Jerry Moran, Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Collins, King Join Bipartisan Effort to Reject Proposed Elimination of Funding for National Sea Grant Program
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 16, 2019
Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senators Hassan and Warren Lead Colleagues in Requesting Increased Funding in FY2020 Budget for Title X Program
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 15, 2019
Letter to Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Tester - Senators Heinrich, Mc Sally, and Colleagues Request $75 Million for Safeguarding Faith-Based Communities
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 12, 2019
Whitehouse Joins Warren in Reintroducing Legislation to Simplify Tax Filing and Save Families Money
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 10, 2019
Letter to Sen. Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Vice-Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Durbin, Duckworth Push For Greater Federal Investments In Public Safety & Community Policing
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 9, 2019
SASC Chairman Inhofe and Ranking Member Reed Announce Markup Schedule for Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Acting White House Chief of Staff - Durbin, Reed Press Trump Administration On Use Of OCO/GWOT Funding
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 8, 2019
Letter to Chair Collins and Ranking Member Reed - Senator Heinrich and Colleagues Urges Increased Funding For Affordable Housing
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 27, 2019
Senators Collins, Reed Question DOT Secretary on 737-MAX Crashes, DOT Budget Request
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 25, 2019
Letter to Secretary Shanahan - Answers Following Transfer of $1 Billion in Military Funding to Fund Border Wall
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 14, 2019
Letter to Secretary Shanahan - Answers from DoD on its Plans to Defund Military Projects to Pay for Trump's Border Wall
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 13, 2019
Whitehouse, Doggett Author Bills to End Trump Tax Breaks for Exporting Jobs & Profits
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 11, 2019
Whitehouse Slams Irresponsible Trump Budget
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
March 6, 2019
Senators Welcome as "breakthrough' a Judicial Conference Warning to Judges, Clerks Against Partisan Training Programs
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 22, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Senator Murray, Senate Democrats: Families Facing Surprise Tax Bills Should Not Be Penalized for Trump Treasury's Withholding Mistakes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 15, 2019
Whitehouse Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Avoid Shutdown, Slams Trump's Artificial "emergency'
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 25, 2019
Reed Touts Importance of Earned Income Tax Credit
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2019
Reed Statement on Agreement to End Trump Shutdown
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Deal to End Tump Shutdown
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 24, 2019
Reed Votes to End the Shutdown and Enhance Border Security, But Republican Leaders Block Bipartisan Effort to Reopen Government
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 24, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Government Funding Votes
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 19, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on Trump Immigration Proposal
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 14, 2019
Congressional Delegation Joins Unpaid Federal Employees to Call for End to Trump Shutdown
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 11, 2019
Letter to Secretary Mnuchin - Given Changes in Tax Code, Cantwell, Colleagues Ask Treasury Secretary Why Taxpayer Advocate Not Considered Essential Service during Government Shutdown
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Senators Press Wheeler on Questionable Payment to Pruitt Legal Defense Fund
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Russell Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget - On First Day Employees are Missing Paychecks, Udall & Heinrich Fight to Protect Federal Workers and Contractors Stiffed Out of Pay Due to Trump Shutdown
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 10, 2019
Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Menendez, Colleagues Express Concern Shutdown will Leave Taxpayers Needing Assistance Out in the Cold
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 9, 2019
Whitehouse, Blunt Introduce Bipartisan Budget Reform Bill
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Jan. 9, 2019
Government Funding
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 8, 2019
Reed Calls on Trump to End Shutdown; Unconvinced by President's Demand for Multi-Billion Dollar Wall Funding
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 8, 2019
Whitehouse Statement on President Trump's Immigration Address
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 4, 2019
Reed Opposes Trump Administration's Plan to Declare National Emergency & Use Defense Dollars to Pay for Wall
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 10, 2018
Letter to Secretary Mattis - Plans To Build Barriers Along Arizona Border
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 29, 2018
Whitehouse Statement on Budget Process Overhaul Vote
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Nov. 15, 2018
Bipartisan Budget Option Added to Budget Overhaul Proposal
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Sept. 21, 2018
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Warner Joins Letter Strongly Opposing Cuts to Aid to Palestinian People
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader, the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Portman, Whitehouse Call on House-Senate Negotiators to Strengthen Opioids Bill With CARA 2.0 Provisions
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 15, 2018
Letter to Ms. Kay James, President of the Heritage Foundation - Disclose Donors
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 1, 2018
Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen.Jack Reed
June 28, 2018
Reed Helps Advance $179B Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill in U.S. Senate
Sen.Jack Reed
June 25, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Stop Withholding Funds from TRIO
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 19, 2018
U.S. Senate Passes 2019 National Defense Bill
Sen.Jack Reed
May 9, 2018
Letter to the Honorable John Barrasso - Senator Markey, EPW Democrats Request Pruitt Appear before Committee on Ethics and Travel Issues
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 27, 2018
Reed Encourages RI Police Departments to Apply for New Federal COPS Grants
Sen.Jack Reed
April 26, 2018
Reed Opposes Trump Proposal to Increase Rent on Struggling Families
Sen.Jack Reed
April 26, 2018
Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Commitee - Opening Statement of Sen. Reed, Hearing on Department of Defense Budget Posture
Sen.Jack Reed
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