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Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Conference of Mayors - Feinstein, Thompson, 39 Members of Congress Call on Conference of Mayors to Ban Ghost Guns
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 27, 2021
Whitehouse Votes to Advance Highway Bill to Invest $1.5 Billion in Ri Roads and Bridges
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
May 11, 2021
As Treasury Launches the State & Local Aid Program, Reed Wants to Maximize Economic Recovery & Help RI Families, Communities, Workforce and Small Businesses
Sen. Jack Reed
March 10, 2021
Giving RI a Better Shot at Economic Recovery: Reed Delivers $1.78 Billion Boost to RI Through State & Local Aid Provision of American Rescue Plan
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 18, 2021
Letter to Postmaster General Louis De Joy - Reed & Whitehouse Press Postmaster General to Restore On-Time Delivery and Stop Harmful Changes
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 16, 2021
Reed Announces $705k for NeighborWorks Organizations in RI
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 5, 2021
Reed: Biden Admin's Retention of Medicaid Funding Boost & Extension of Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration Could Mean Extra $200M for RI in 2021
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 4, 2021
Whitehouse Supports Quick, Robust Covid-19 Relief Effort
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 4, 2021
Reed's Push for FEMA Cost Share Reimbursement Pays Off for RI: Ocean State to Get $33 Million Reimbursement for Combatting COVID-19
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 27, 2021
Reed Delivers Increased Food Assistance to Help Feed Hungry & Boost RI's Economy
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2021
As RI National Guard Returns Home, Reed Says More Federal Dollars Returning to RI to Cover Guard's COVID-19 Response Costs
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 24, 2020
SENATORS WEIGH IN ON MAJOR SCOTUS CLIMATE CASE
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 21, 2020
Reed Delivers $200 Million in Rental Assistance for RI
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 28, 2020
$200K Federal Grant to Help RI Breweries, Distilleries & Wineries Go Green
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 22, 2020
Reed Delivers $5.7 Million in Lead Hazard Reduction & Healthy Homes Funding
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 16, 2020
RI Delegation Announces Nearly $6M to Hire 24 New Firefighters & Enhance Public Safety
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 14, 2020
Reed: RI Fishermen Hurt by Trump's Trade Wars in Line for Up to $10M in Tariff Relief
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 12, 2020
Delegation Announces Additional $7.6 Million in CDBG Funds for RI
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 10, 2020
Reed Delivers $25.3 Million to Upgrade Route 37 & New Quonset Connector Ramps
Sen. Jack Reed
Aug. 21, 2020
RI Delegation Announces Nearly $3.9 Million for Local Fire Departments
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 14, 2020
RI Delegation Announces $2.3 Million Grant FOR "401 Tech Bridge' Facility to Propel Textiles, Composites, Undersea Technology Industries
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 11, 2020
RI Delegation Delivers $8.9M to Upgrade RIPTA Bus Fleet
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators to Administration: Honor State, Local Requests Concerning Federal Law Enforcement Deployments
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 29, 2020
Feinstein, Whitehouse, Reed, Bill Would Undo Administration Attempt to Cut CDC Out of Coronavirus Data Collection
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 22, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 8, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Hirono and Colleagues to Secretary Ross: Release IG Report on "Sharpiegate"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 28, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of Treasury - Manchin Calls on Treasury to Revise Guidance for Governors to Distribute COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 23, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Feinstein, Peters, Menendez, Colleagues Push to Waive Cost-Sharing Requirements for States Battling Coronavirus
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 20, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Leahy And Other Senate Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Protect Food Supply And Essential Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 17, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Baldwin, Colleagues Working to Ensure Dedicated, Flexible State and Local Government Emergency Funding
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and Steven Mnuchin, Secretary for the Department of Treasury - Manchin Advocates for Dedicated, Flexible State and Local Government Emergency Funding
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 13, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Department of Labor - Feinstein, Wyden, Schumer, Colleagues Press Trump Administration To Ensure Workers Receive Unemployment Benefits
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 10, 2020
Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Leads 45 Colleagues in Push for More Information, Transparency on Coronavirus Testing Across Country
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 30, 2020
FEMA: RI Approved for Coronavirus Disaster Declaration
Sen. Jack Reed
March 27, 2020
RI Congressional Delegation Urges Trump to Promptly Deliver Emergency Relief & Address Urgent Needs
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 25, 2020
U.S. Senate Passes $2.2 Trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue Agreement
Sen. Jack Reed
March 24, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Reed: Trump Must Use Whole of Government to Utilize Full Power of DPA
Sen. Jack Reed
March 19, 2020
Reed Wants Federal Government to Start Footing the Bill for National Guard Troops While They Remain Under State Command
Sen. Jack Reed
March 11, 2020
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Call for President Trump to Invoke Stafford Act and Consider Disaster Declarations to Utilize FEMA's $40+ Billion in Disaster Relief Funds to Aid State & Local Gov't Response to Growing Coronavirus Outbreak
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 1, 2019
The National Law Journal - 'Knick'-Picking: Why a Recent Scotus Ruling Signals a New Day
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
May 31, 2019
Letter to Inspector General of Commerce Peggy E. Gustafson, and Inspector General of Justice Michael Horowitz - Harris, Colleagues Call For Investigations Into Trump Administration Efforts to Undercut Minority Communities, Politicize 2020 Census
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 20, 2019
Letter to Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Thomas R. Carper, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Ask Epw to Incorporate Climate Change Considerations in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 1, 2016
Grassley, Whitehouse Speak Out Against Blocking of Bill to Protect Children in Juvenile Justice System
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 20, 2016
$300k in Federal Grants to Help RI Firefighters Purchase Needed Equipment
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 18, 2016
Letter to Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator - Connecticut And Rhode Island Congressional Delegations Write To EPA In Support Of Eastern Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Site
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Maine Congressional Delegation Calls for Continued Public Engagement on Draft Northeast Ocean Plan
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 13, 2016
Whitehouse, Blumenthal Release GAO Report Detailing Federal Highway Administration's Failure to Address Dangerous Guardrails
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 7, 2016
$1.3 Million in New Funding to Fight Homelessness in Rhode Island
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Conference of Mayors - Feinstein, Thompson, 39 Members of Congress Call on Conference of Mayors to Ban Ghost Guns
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
May 27, 2021
Whitehouse Votes to Advance Highway Bill to Invest $1.5 Billion in Ri Roads and Bridges
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
May 11, 2021
As Treasury Launches the State & Local Aid Program, Reed Wants to Maximize Economic Recovery & Help RI Families, Communities, Workforce and Small Businesses
Sen.Jack Reed
March 10, 2021
Giving RI a Better Shot at Economic Recovery: Reed Delivers $1.78 Billion Boost to RI Through State & Local Aid Provision of American Rescue Plan
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 18, 2021
Letter to Postmaster General Louis De Joy - Reed & Whitehouse Press Postmaster General to Restore On-Time Delivery and Stop Harmful Changes
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 16, 2021
Reed Announces $705k for NeighborWorks Organizations in RI
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 5, 2021
Reed: Biden Admin's Retention of Medicaid Funding Boost & Extension of Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration Could Mean Extra $200M for RI in 2021
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 4, 2021
Whitehouse Supports Quick, Robust Covid-19 Relief Effort
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 4, 2021
Reed's Push for FEMA Cost Share Reimbursement Pays Off for RI: Ocean State to Get $33 Million Reimbursement for Combatting COVID-19
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 27, 2021
Reed Delivers Increased Food Assistance to Help Feed Hungry & Boost RI's Economy
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 25, 2021
As RI National Guard Returns Home, Reed Says More Federal Dollars Returning to RI to Cover Guard's COVID-19 Response Costs
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 24, 2020
SENATORS WEIGH IN ON MAJOR SCOTUS CLIMATE CASE
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 21, 2020
Reed Delivers $200 Million in Rental Assistance for RI
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 28, 2020
$200K Federal Grant to Help RI Breweries, Distilleries & Wineries Go Green
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 22, 2020
Reed Delivers $5.7 Million in Lead Hazard Reduction & Healthy Homes Funding
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 16, 2020
RI Delegation Announces Nearly $6M to Hire 24 New Firefighters & Enhance Public Safety
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 14, 2020
Reed: RI Fishermen Hurt by Trump's Trade Wars in Line for Up to $10M in Tariff Relief
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 12, 2020
Delegation Announces Additional $7.6 Million in CDBG Funds for RI
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 10, 2020
Reed Delivers $25.3 Million to Upgrade Route 37 & New Quonset Connector Ramps
Sen.Jack Reed
Aug. 21, 2020
RI Delegation Announces Nearly $3.9 Million for Local Fire Departments
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 14, 2020
RI Delegation Announces $2.3 Million Grant FOR "401 Tech Bridge' Facility to Propel Textiles, Composites, Undersea Technology Industries
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Aug. 11, 2020
RI Delegation Delivers $8.9M to Upgrade RIPTA Bus Fleet
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators to Administration: Honor State, Local Requests Concerning Federal Law Enforcement Deployments
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 29, 2020
Feinstein, Whitehouse, Reed, Bill Would Undo Administration Attempt to Cut CDC Out of Coronavirus Data Collection
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 22, 2020
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Harris, Booker, Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Attorney General Barr and Acting Secretary Wolf on Deployment of Anonymous Federal Agents in American Cities
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 8, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Hirono and Colleagues to Secretary Ross: Release IG Report on "Sharpiegate"
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 28, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Department of Treasury - Manchin Calls on Treasury to Revise Guidance for Governors to Distribute COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 23, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Feinstein, Peters, Menendez, Colleagues Push to Waive Cost-Sharing Requirements for States Battling Coronavirus
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 20, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Leahy And Other Senate Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Protect Food Supply And Essential Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 17, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Baldwin, Colleagues Working to Ensure Dedicated, Flexible State and Local Government Emergency Funding
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and Steven Mnuchin, Secretary for the Department of Treasury - Manchin Advocates for Dedicated, Flexible State and Local Government Emergency Funding
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 13, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Department of Labor - Feinstein, Wyden, Schumer, Colleagues Press Trump Administration To Ensure Workers Receive Unemployment Benefits
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 10, 2020
Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Leads 45 Colleagues in Push for More Information, Transparency on Coronavirus Testing Across Country
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 30, 2020
FEMA: RI Approved for Coronavirus Disaster Declaration
Sen.Jack Reed
March 27, 2020
RI Congressional Delegation Urges Trump to Promptly Deliver Emergency Relief & Address Urgent Needs
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 25, 2020
U.S. Senate Passes $2.2 Trillion Emergency Coronavirus Economic Rescue Agreement
Sen.Jack Reed
March 24, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Reed: Trump Must Use Whole of Government to Utilize Full Power of DPA
Sen.Jack Reed
March 19, 2020
Reed Wants Federal Government to Start Footing the Bill for National Guard Troops While They Remain Under State Command
Sen.Jack Reed
March 11, 2020
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Call for President Trump to Invoke Stafford Act and Consider Disaster Declarations to Utilize FEMA's $40+ Billion in Disaster Relief Funds to Aid State & Local Gov't Response to Growing Coronavirus Outbreak
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 1, 2019
The National Law Journal - 'Knick'-Picking: Why a Recent Scotus Ruling Signals a New Day
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
May 31, 2019
Letter to Inspector General of Commerce Peggy E. Gustafson, and Inspector General of Justice Michael Horowitz - Harris, Colleagues Call For Investigations Into Trump Administration Efforts to Undercut Minority Communities, Politicize 2020 Census
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 20, 2019
Letter to Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Thomas R. Carper, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Ask Epw to Incorporate Climate Change Considerations in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Dec. 1, 2016
Grassley, Whitehouse Speak Out Against Blocking of Bill to Protect Children in Juvenile Justice System
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 20, 2016
$300k in Federal Grants to Help RI Firefighters Purchase Needed Equipment
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 18, 2016
Letter to Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator - Connecticut And Rhode Island Congressional Delegations Write To EPA In Support Of Eastern Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Site
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 14, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Maine Congressional Delegation Calls for Continued Public Engagement on Draft Northeast Ocean Plan
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
July 13, 2016
Whitehouse, Blumenthal Release GAO Report Detailing Federal Highway Administration's Failure to Address Dangerous Guardrails
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 7, 2016
$1.3 Million in New Funding to Fight Homelessness in Rhode Island
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
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