CRANSTON, Rhode Island, July 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 28: In an effort to showcase the artistic talent of students across Rhode Island, U.S. Senator Jack Reed unveiled a new virtual art gallery highlighting works of art from high school students across the Ocean State. Senator Reed hosts an annual High School Arts Competition, cosponsored by the RI Art Education Association (RIAEA) and featuring artwork from students statewide. Usually, wo  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, issued the following opening statement during a subcommittee hearing entitled "Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google" on July 29: "More than a year ago, this Subcommittee launched an investigation into digital markets. Our two objectives have been to document competition p  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) voted in favor of H.R. 7027, the Child Care Is Essential Act, and H.R. 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, two bills that prioritize public health, support child care providers reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and their employees, and provide relief for working families struggling to find child care. H.R. 7027 passed the House of Representative  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 28 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement regarding the HEALS Act, the proposed Senate Republican coronavirus relief package unveiled: "More than two months after the House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act to help frontline workers, small businesses, hardworking families, and states, Senate Republicans have finally unveiled a woefully inadequate coronavirus relief package that fails to meet the needs of American families during t  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) voted in favor of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, legislation that supports water infrastructure improvements at ports, harbors and inland waterways, as well as flood control and ecosystem restoration efforts. The legislation passed the House by a voice vote. "The House has once again come together to pass a Water Resources Development Act that will support   more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 31 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement: Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), a member of the United States Cyberspace Solarium Commission and a senior member of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, released the following statement regarding the Council of the European Union's announcement that it will be sanctioning three entities and six individuals in connection with malicious cyber activity, including the targetin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jim Langevin, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement: Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) voted in favor of H.R. 7617, a $1.3 trillion "minibus" appropriations package that comprises the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development bills. The funding package passed the House of Representatives b  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement: After President Trump suggested postponing November's 2020 election -- an unprecedented move which the President does not have the Constitutional authority to make -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and an ex officio member of the Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement. * * * "President Trump doesn't have the authority to change the election   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on July 29: After the Trump Administration announced plans to move ahead with a plan to withdraw nearly 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany at an undefined cost that Secretary of Defense Esper acknowledged would be "several billion dollars." * * * "This is a self-inflicted wound by President Trump against American interests. "Any realignment of our forces in Europe must serve U.S. strategic objectives, includi  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on July 30 regarding the cancellation of a scheduled nomination hearing for Anthony Tata, nominated to be under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the number three job at the Pentagon: "We're a bipartisan committee. It's fair to say members on both sides of the aisle have raised serious questions about this nominee. "We had a closed door session on Tuesday and today's public hearing has now been cancelled. "  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on President Trump's tweet on delaying the presidential election: "A president cannot legally move the election without approval from Congress, and the end of the president's term is spelled out in the Constitution. "President Trump is sowing confusion about bedrock principles of our democracy to distract from an accelerating pandemic, a massive economic contraction, and his campaign's sinking poll   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement on the decision by the federal courts' Committee on the Codes of Conduct not to move forward with draft guidance that would bar judges from membership in the Federalist Society and American Constitution Society. * * * "The Committee bowing to pressure from Mitch McConnell and a horde of Federalist Society members on the bench demonst  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME), and 32 of their colleagues in urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue flexibilities that have allowed students to keep receiving daily meals throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even as schools transitioned to distance learnin  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman David Cicilline announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded the cities of Pawtucket and Central Falls a $230,000 grant to create a joint economic development action plan. "Under the leadership of Mayors Diossa and Grebien, Central Falls and Pawtucket have worked together for years to advance  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are taking action to reverse the Trump administration's new directive forcing hospitals to withhold data about the COVID-19 pandemic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Senators introduced the Transparent Reporting and Use of Statistics in the Transmission of Coronavirus Data Collectio  more