Press Releases

In public comment on EPA’s proposed rollback of the endangerment finding, Whitehouse blasts EPA’s “fraud-by-government” and “embrace of fake science” to protect fossil fuel industry’s “free-to-pollute business model” Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate... Continue Reading

PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,080,791 in federal grants to strengthen safety and training, upgrade equipment, and purchase new emergency response vehicles for fire departments in Barrington,... Continue Reading

Whitehouse’s CARA law guides the federal response to the opioid addiction crisis Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cheered the Senate passage of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, which renewed provisions from his bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction... Continue Reading

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Gabe Amo (RI-01), applauded the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 grant funding for AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs, including the Seniors Foster Grandparents and Senior Companions programs in... Continue Reading

ExxonMobil may have used American taxpayer funds to subsidize its foreign oil production, which it does in partnership with a Chinese state-owned company Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter today to... Continue Reading

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, released the fourth episode of season two of his podcast, Making the Case.  In the new... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) andGabe Amo (RI-01) issued the following statement in response to a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that will allow work to... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Tim Scott (R-SC) today introduced bipartisan legislation to study why quahogs – also known as hard shell clams – and other native shellfish populations are in decline along the east coast of the... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, took to the Senate floor this afternoon to request unanimous consent to pass his resolution to protect Medicare from automatic cuts slated to result from Republicans’ Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires law.  A Republican senator blocked the... Continue Reading

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the REPO Implementation Act of 2025,... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to ensure fairness in the U.S. tax system and crack down on tax avoidance techniques by billionaires, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)... Continue Reading

Trump’s Attacks on Veterans led to the loss of over 8,700 veteran-serving employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs across the U.S. this year.  Washington, D.C. – TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to introduce the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, which would cap fees and interest on consumer loans at an Annual Percentage Rate... Continue Reading

Previous complaint was transferred to the Department of Justice, which Bove has now left  Washington, D.C. – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) filed an updated ethics complaint against Third Circuit Court of... Continue Reading

Providence, RI – TODAY, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo released the following statement: “We thank Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, along with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, for defending good union jobs... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, took to the Senate floor this morning to block a unanimous consent request to approve the nomination of Sean McMaster to serve as Administrator of the... Continue Reading

PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today convened a group of health care professionals, service providers, and community advocates at Providence Community Health Centers’ (PCHC) Prairie Avenue Health Center to discuss how they are working with colleagues... Continue Reading

Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Gabe Amo (RI-01) issued the following statement in response to a Trump Administration order to withdraw $11.25 million in federal funding for Rhode... Continue Reading

Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today issued the following joint statement calling on Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to visit with trades workers put out of work by the... Continue Reading

Warwick, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Gabe Amo (RI-01) issued the following statement in response to a Trump Administration order stopping all activities of Revolution Wind Project off... Continue Reading