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Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 2, 2018
Senate Approves Bipartisan Whitehouse Amendment to Encourage Kelp Farming
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 2, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2018
Farm Bill Passes Senate with Whitehouse Provision to Support Aquaculture
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
June 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Advocates For Connecticut Shellfish Farmers In Farm Bill
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 6, 2018
Carbon Utilization Act Introduced Ahead of Farm Bill
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
May 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Calls for Deadline Extension for Farmers to Enroll in Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 11, 2018
Blumenthal, Markey & Whitehouse Introduce Legislation to Modernize Food Labeling
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 20, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - Label and Regulate All Sesame Products
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Continue Defunding USDA Inspections, Ban Horse Meat in US
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Senators Press For Consumer-Friendly GMO Labeling
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Provide Relief to Dairy Farmers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 8, 2017
Rep. Kind and Rep. Reed Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Lower Cost of Alternative Energy Options for Farmers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 21, 2016
Whitehouse Lauds RI's Growing Aquaculture Industry at Matunuck Oyster Farm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Oct. 20, 2016
Letter to Senate Committee Leaders - Unlock Federal Funds for U.S. Dairy Farmers Struggling with Historically Low Milk Prices
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Office Management and Budget - Urging Support For USDA's Efforts To Ramp Up Help To Struggling Dairy Farmers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 28, 2016
GAO Releases Reports Requested by Whitehouse, Merkley, Menendez on Climate Change & Oceans
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 15, 2016
Reed Helps Pass Water Projects Bill to Benefit RI
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 25, 2016
USDA Takes Action to Help Dairy Farmers & Families in Need
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 29, 2016
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson Call on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Protect U.S. Dairy Farmers from the Dairy Industry Financial Crisis
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 28, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Request for Market-Balancing Help For Struggling Dairy Farmers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and The Honorable Kathryn D. Sullivan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere - Combat Seafood Fraud and Illegal and Unregulated Fishing
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to 25 Candy, Cereal, Food and Drink Companies - Liquid-Nicotine Retailers Using Trademarked Brand Names
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission - To Urge the Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Liquid-Nicotine Retailers' Advertising
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to 167 Liquid Nicotine Retailers - Marketing Flavored Liquid-Nicotine Using Recognizable Brand Names
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 22, 2015
Senate Passes Legislation to Combat Pirate Fishing
Sen. Jack Reed
Oct. 22, 2015
Bill Will Give NOAA, Coast Guard More Enforcement Tools Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 11, 2015
Reed Celebrates Bumper Crop of New RI Food Businesses at Hope & Main
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 30, 2015
Reed & Whitehouse Back Effort to Increase Legal Smoking Age to 21
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 5, 2015
Letter to Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Tackle Toxics in E-Cigarettes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 28, 2015
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
May 12, 2015
Reed, Whitehouse & Langevin Announce $182,000 in Federal Funding for Oyster Study
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 24, 2015
Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Strengthen E-Cigarette Regulations
Sen. Jack Reed
April 24, 2015
Letter to Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Updated Guidance to Pregnant Women on Seafood Consumption
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 16, 2015
Letter to Mitch Zeller, Director of the Food and Drug Administration - Marketing of "Snus" Products
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 25, 2015
University of Rhode Island Receives $510,978 in USDA Grants
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 11, 2015
Reed, Durbin, Blumenthal, Brown Introduce Legislation To Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Protect Bees from Pesticides
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 9, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Senators Call on FDA to Protect Consumers by Adopting Stronger Warning Labels for E-Cigarettes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 6, 2014
Letter to Barbara Mikulski, Chairwoman, and Richard Shelby, Ranking Member, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tom Udall, Chairman, and Mike Johanns, Vice Chairman, of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee - Keep COOL
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 28, 2014
Congressional Authors of E-Cigarette Marketing Report Call New CDC Data 'the Sound of an Alarm'
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 14, 2014
RI Social Service Agencies to Get $680,000 in Federal Funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Programs
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 4, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - E-Cigarettes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 19, 2014
IRS Investigation
Sen. Jack Reed
June 17, 2014
Reed Hopes to Reach More Children Through RI Summer Food Program
Sen. Jack Reed
June 10, 2014
Letter to Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - E-Cigarettes on Airplanes
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 27, 2014
Reed Holds Grant Workshop to Help Grow RI Food Economy
Sen. Jack Reed
May 8, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - E-Cigarette's Harmful Chemical Releases
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Date
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Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 2, 2018
Senate Approves Bipartisan Whitehouse Amendment to Encourage Kelp Farming
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Aug. 2, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2018
Farm Bill Passes Senate with Whitehouse Provision to Support Aquaculture
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
June 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Advocates For Connecticut Shellfish Farmers In Farm Bill
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 6, 2018
Carbon Utilization Act Introduced Ahead of Farm Bill
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
May 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Calls for Deadline Extension for Farmers to Enroll in Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 11, 2018
Blumenthal, Markey & Whitehouse Introduce Legislation to Modernize Food Labeling
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 20, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - Label and Regulate All Sesame Products
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Continue Defunding USDA Inspections, Ban Horse Meat in US
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 7, 2017
Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Senators Press For Consumer-Friendly GMO Labeling
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Provide Relief to Dairy Farmers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 8, 2017
Rep. Kind and Rep. Reed Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Lower Cost of Alternative Energy Options for Farmers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 21, 2016
Whitehouse Lauds RI's Growing Aquaculture Industry at Matunuck Oyster Farm
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Oct. 20, 2016
Letter to Senate Committee Leaders - Unlock Federal Funds for U.S. Dairy Farmers Struggling with Historically Low Milk Prices
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Office Management and Budget - Urging Support For USDA's Efforts To Ramp Up Help To Struggling Dairy Farmers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 28, 2016
GAO Releases Reports Requested by Whitehouse, Merkley, Menendez on Climate Change & Oceans
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 15, 2016
Reed Helps Pass Water Projects Bill to Benefit RI
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 25, 2016
USDA Takes Action to Help Dairy Farmers & Families in Need
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 29, 2016
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson Call on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Protect U.S. Dairy Farmers from the Dairy Industry Financial Crisis
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 28, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Request for Market-Balancing Help For Struggling Dairy Farmers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and The Honorable Kathryn D. Sullivan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere - Combat Seafood Fraud and Illegal and Unregulated Fishing
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to 25 Candy, Cereal, Food and Drink Companies - Liquid-Nicotine Retailers Using Trademarked Brand Names
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission - To Urge the Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Liquid-Nicotine Retailers' Advertising
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Letter to 167 Liquid Nicotine Retailers - Marketing Flavored Liquid-Nicotine Using Recognizable Brand Names
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 22, 2015
Senate Passes Legislation to Combat Pirate Fishing
Sen.Jack Reed
Oct. 22, 2015
Bill Will Give NOAA, Coast Guard More Enforcement Tools Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 11, 2015
Reed Celebrates Bumper Crop of New RI Food Businesses at Hope & Main
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 30, 2015
Reed & Whitehouse Back Effort to Increase Legal Smoking Age to 21
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 5, 2015
Letter to Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Tackle Toxics in E-Cigarettes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 28, 2015
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
May 12, 2015
Reed, Whitehouse & Langevin Announce $182,000 in Federal Funding for Oyster Study
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 24, 2015
Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Strengthen E-Cigarette Regulations
Sen.Jack Reed
April 24, 2015
Letter to Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Updated Guidance to Pregnant Women on Seafood Consumption
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 16, 2015
Letter to Mitch Zeller, Director of the Food and Drug Administration - Marketing of "Snus" Products
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 25, 2015
University of Rhode Island Receives $510,978 in USDA Grants
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Feb. 11, 2015
Reed, Durbin, Blumenthal, Brown Introduce Legislation To Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Protect Bees from Pesticides
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 9, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Senators Call on FDA to Protect Consumers by Adopting Stronger Warning Labels for E-Cigarettes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 6, 2014
Letter to Barbara Mikulski, Chairwoman, and Richard Shelby, Ranking Member, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tom Udall, Chairman, and Mike Johanns, Vice Chairman, of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee - Keep COOL
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Aug. 28, 2014
Congressional Authors of E-Cigarette Marketing Report Call New CDC Data 'the Sound of an Alarm'
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 14, 2014
RI Social Service Agencies to Get $680,000 in Federal Funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Programs
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 4, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - E-Cigarettes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 19, 2014
IRS Investigation
Sen.Jack Reed
June 17, 2014
Reed Hopes to Reach More Children Through RI Summer Food Program
Sen.Jack Reed
June 10, 2014
Letter to Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - E-Cigarettes on Airplanes
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 27, 2014
Reed Holds Grant Workshop to Help Grow RI Food Economy
Sen.Jack Reed
May 8, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - E-Cigarette's Harmful Chemical Releases
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
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