WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, the Senate Budget Committee released a new report examining the economic dangers and budgetary costs of climate change. Across 19 hearings during the 118th Congress, the Budget Committee heard testimony from economists, central bankers, actuaries, insurance industry analysts, scientists, health care providers, farmers, academics, st  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: With an uptick in drone sightings raising security concerns and jurisdictional questions across the country, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is teaming up with Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, on a bill to enhance law enforcement's ability to detect and counter threats posed by the unmanned aircraft syste  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate voted 85-14 today to pass the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and send it to President Biden to be signed into law. The $883.7 billion NDAA strengthens existing defense programs and improves pay and benefits for servicemembers, including a 14.5 percent pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers and a 4.5 increase for all other servicemembers. U.S. Senator Jack  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the passing of former Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Thomas Ross DiLuglio: "I'm saddened to hear of the passing of my friend, Tom DiLugio. "Tom was a dedicated public servant. He was also an adept, sharp-witted political commentator. Many Rhode Islanders will remember Tom for his insightful commentary and willingness to mix it up with pundits on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: On a bipartisan basis, U.S. Senators voted 83-12 to advance a compromise version of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing up debate and final passage of the legislation in the coming days. The $883.7 billion fiscal year 2025 NDAA was previously approved last week by a vote of 281-140 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation includes a 14.5 percent pay raise for  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), alongside Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40), introduced a bipartisan resolution that recognizes the potential of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) such as blockchain to support democratic governance, human rights, freedom of information, transparency, and innovation around the world. The resolution urges the agencies across the United States Government  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representatives Seth Magaziner (D-RI) and Gabe Amo (D-RI) today cheered the final passage of legislation establishing a Southern New England Regional Commission to spur region-wide economic growth and attract more federal investment to Rhode Island. The legislation passed as part of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to assist the state in the wake of a cyberattack against RIBridges the state's integrated online platform for social services and mitigate the impact of the attack on Rhode Islanders, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: In an effort to assist the state in the wake of a cyberattack against RIBridges - the state's integrated online platform for social services - and mitigate the impact of the attack on Rhode Islanders, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to correct long-standing issues with Social Security that unfairly impact the nation's firefighters, law enforcement officers, public school teachers, postal workers, and other public servants, the U.S. Senate today advanced the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R.82/S.597) with a vote of 73-27. The bipartisan legislation, which previously passed the U.S. House of Representatives in November wi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released a first-of-its kind public dataset and accompanying staff report that expose the scale of the climate change-driven crisis in homeowners' insurance. With this release, the Committee makes publicly available--for the first time--an accounting of insurance non-renewals  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Trump's tariffs, which he proposed on the campaign trail, would hike prices on everyday goods and shrink the economy, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The estimate was requested by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Finance Com  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to give prospective homebuyers more control over their personal information, the U.S. Senate approved the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (S. 3502) to dramatically reduce spam calls, texts, and emails from irresponsible players in the mortgage industry. Authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), the bipartisan bill would crackdown on the misuse of mortgage "trigger   more