WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Budget Committee, Whitehouse Calls on Congress to Shore Up Social Security and Medicare Forever * Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Budget Committee and co-founder of the Expand Social Security Caucus, delivered an opening statement earlier this week calling on Congress to pass his Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act at a Se  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Demands Answers After Hegseth Allegedly Removes Officers From Promotion List in Possible Violation of Federal Law * WASHINGTON, DC- Today, after The New York Times reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth personally intervened to remove four Army officers from a promotion list, prompting questions of racial and gender bias and legal authority, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Rankin  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Joins Colleagues in Pressing Trump Admin on Decision to Ease Russian & Iranian Oil Sanctions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and their colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration about its decision to ease sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil exp  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Presents Family of WWII Navy & Korean War Army Veteran with Posthumous Military Honors * CRANSTON, RI - A late veteran of both World War II and the Korean War is being posthumously recognized for his service to the nation. 80 years after the late Benjamin J. Coccia served in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II and nearly 75 years after he was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army foll  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Rebukes "Ignorant" Trump for Stigmatizing People with Dyslexia, Urges POTUS to Apologize & Learn * WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has made so many cruel, uninformed, and false statements that it can seem daunting to try and correct the record or call out every single instance. But U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says President Trump crossed the line when he unfairly denigrated and s  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Joins Whitehouse's "Making the Case" Podcast to Take New Look at FBI Seizure of Election Records in Fulton County * Latest episode of Making the Case available now on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, today released the ninth episode of season two of his podcast, Making  more