WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, after the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued new rules to require investment advisers to abide by anti-money laundering (AML) rules similar to what banks do, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who has been asking for these changes for years, strongly backed the move. Reed said Treasury's final rule will go a long way toward cracking down on money derived fro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI Sometimes the best defense is a good offense at least when it comes to arboviruses (a scientific term used to describe a group of viral infections transmitted to humans from a group of infected insects). That is why U.S. Senator Jack Reed led the successful effort to include $200,000 in FY24 federal funding to help Rhode Island officials combat Eastern equine encephalitis, the rare but life-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI In an effort to help Rhode Island farmers and the competitiveness of the state's specialty crops while also helping to create new market opportunities for agricultural producers, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $270,657 in Specialty Crop Block Grants. Administered at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), these federal funds will be awarded to several projects  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI U.S. Senator Jack Reed is welcoming $336,000 in new federal funding for Rhode Island to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities. The federal funds will pay for analytical water testing for schools and child care facilities, and help communities develop and implement plans to reduce lead in drinking water and communicate to parents, staff, and the larger school co  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, convened a roundtable conversation on the first day of school at Smithfield High School to discuss impact of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Specifically, he highlighted bipartisan legislation that he is co-leading, the Literacy in Future Technologies (LIFT) Artific  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $2,459,605 in federal grants to strengthen safety, training, and staffing for fire departments in South Kingstown, Pascoag, Foster, West Warwick, Woonsocket, and Central Falls. The federal funds are being awarded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency M  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to support high-quality literacy instruction to build strong readers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined Governor Dan McKee and Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green in announcing that the Ocean State will receive a new Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant providing a projected $40 million over t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to support high-quality literacy instruction to build strong readers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined Governor Dan McKee and Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green in announcing that the Ocean State will receive a new Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant providing a projected $40 million over the ne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to help public school students across the state capitalize on educational opportunities and become college and career ready, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined Governor Dan McKee in announcing that Rhode Island will receive a new federal grant providing a projected $33.6 million over the next seven years. The federal funds w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to help public school students across the statecapitalize on educational opportunities and become college and career ready, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today joined Governor Dan McKee in announcing that Rhode Island will receive a new federal grant providing a projected $33.6 million over the next seven years. The federal fun  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $2,459,605 in federal grants to strengthen safety, training, and staffing for fire departments in South Kingstown, Pascoag, Foster, West Warwick, Woonsocket, and Central Falls. The federal funds are being awarded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $2,459,605 in federal grants to strengthen safety, training, and staffing for fire departments in South Kingstown, Pascoag, Foster, West Warwick, Woonsocket, and Central Falls. The federal funds are being awarded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI Rhode Island's efforts to increase publicly available electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and make it more convenient for drivers of electric vehicles to charge up their cars is getting a $15 million jolt in federal funding. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Governor Dan McKee today announced $15 million in new federal funding for the Rhode Island Department of Transpor  more