Press Releases

11.06.19

New $25M Federal BUILD Grant to Help Drive Washington Bridge Repairs Forward

PROVIDENCE, RI - The projected $70 million project to rehabilitate the Washington Bridge's westbound span is getting a major boost thanks to a new $25 million federal BUILD grant, announced today by U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will receive the federal Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Thi… Continue Reading


10.31.19

Senators Whitehouse and Enzi Offer Bipartisan Reforms to Fix Broken Budget Process

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Budget Committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today introduced bipartisan legislation to fix the federal government's broken budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act would provide a more orderly, deliberative budget process focused on long-term fiscal planning. It would end the brinksmanship surrounding the debt limit and encourage bipartisan collaboration in tackling our growing debt and deficits… Continue Reading


10.30.19

Whitehouse Statement on Democrats’ Resolution to Protect Consumers from Junk Insurance Plans

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has issued the following statement about today's vote on a resolution that would have overturned a Trump administration rule expanding junk insurance plans that don't require insurance companies to protect people with pre-existing health conditions or cover basic care: "The Trump administration, aided by Republicans in Congress, is steadily working to take us back to the dark ages for patients when insurance companies could discriminate ag… Continue Reading


10.29.19

Special Committee on the Climate Crisis Holds Hearing on Dark Money and Climate Change

Washington, DC - On Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) led a hearing of Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis entitled, "Dark Money and Barriers to Climate Action." Leading academics and good government watchdogs testified to special committee members about the effect of anonymous funding of climate obstruction and what can be done to fight it. Witnesses touched on how congressional oversight could be used to uncover the … Continue Reading


10.23.19

Whitehouse, Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Honoring Beirut Bombing Victims

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), along with Senators John Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Doug Jones (D-Alabama), Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada), Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) introduced a resolution that would designate today as a national day of remembrance for members of the United States Armed F… Continue Reading


10.23.19

Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Harris, Coons Press Barr to Explain Growing Record of Political Influence in Justice Department Decisions

Washington, DC - In a letter today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Chris Coons (D-DE) asked Attorney General Bill Barr to explain how numerous reports of political considerations seeping into the highest levels of Justice Department decision-making square with established Department policy against political interference in federal law enforcement decisions. Those reports paint a picture of a Department that grants the White House and the… Continue Reading


10.17.19

Whitehouse, Stabenow, Collins, Markey, Capito and Menendez Lead Bipartisan Group of Senators to Expand Access to Care and Resources for Families with Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ed Markey (D-MA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and a bipartisan group of Senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct an outreach campaign to educate clinicians, Medicare beneficiaries with cognitive impairment, and their families on the assessment and care planning services currently available to them. Stabenow, Collins, Markey, C… Continue Reading


10.17.19

Whitehouse Supports Resolution Condemning Trump Rollback of Clean Power Plan

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today voted in support of a Senate resolution expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which was aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. The Trump administration replaced the Clean Power Plan with the so-called Affordable Clean Energy rule - a move to weaken carbon emission standards for power plants that was hailed by the fossil fuel industry. The Senate rejected the res… Continue Reading


10.17.19

Judicial Travel Accountability Act Unveiled in Congress

Washington, DC - Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) led a bipartisan group in Congress to introduce the Judicial Travel Accountability Act, a bill to close loopholes that allow Supreme Court justices and federal judges to avoid disclosing travel and hospitality perks they enjoy as prominent public figures. Given the life tenure and extraordinary power to shape American law that comes with a federal court seat, there is a strong public interest in bet… Continue Reading


10.08.19

Whitehouse Calls for Passage of Buffett Rule After New Report Exposes Record Tax Inequality

Washington, DC - After a new report published in The New York Times exposed that the top 400 earners paid a record low tax rate last year, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would prevent the wealthiest Americans from paying lower tax rates than middle-class families. Whitehouse's Paying a Fair Share Act, also known as the "Buffett Rule," would ensure that multi-million-dollar earners pay at least a 30 percent effective federal tax rate. "As Republ… Continue Reading


10.04.19

Whitehouse, Leahy Call for Investigation into Conduct of Former Top Justice Department Official

Washington, DC - Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released their request to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division John Gore for possible ethics violations. Documents obtained by the senators through a watchdog group's Freedom of Information Act request show Gore taking action as a Department official to pursue allegations of voting irr… Continue Reading


10.03.19

Whitehouse and Wyden Statement on Trump Health Care Smokescreen

Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. today issued a statement following a speech by the president on health care: "The American people aren't buying Donald Trump's scare tactics on health care. Democrats want people to have choices for their health care - whether that's Medicare Advantage or allowing Americans under 65 to join the program if they choose. Trump and Republicans in Congress are … Continue Reading


10.02.19

Whitehouse, Cassidy, Hassan Applaud DOJ Action Against $2.1B Medicare Fraud Scheme

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today released statements applauding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) action against 35 individuals for their alleged participation in a Medicare genetic testing fraud scheme involving $2.1 billion in losses, and the departments' new effort to target genetic testing fraud schemes nationwide. This action comes a month after the group of Se… Continue Reading


10.02.19

Providence Fire Department Awarded $750k Federal Grant to Buy New Heavy Rescue Truck

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline and Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced $750,000 in federal funding to help the Providence Fire Department purchase a new heavy rescue fire truck to enhance the department's existing fleet. Heavy rescue trucks are designed to respond to major accidents, structure fires, specialized rescues, and hazardous materials calls. The Providence Fire Department's heavy rescue f… Continue Reading


09.26.19

Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Enlist USDA in Effort to Combat Brain-Infecting EEE in RI

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). U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are urging the federal government to be more proactive in helping Rhode Island and other states impacted by this year's outbreak of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare and serious mosquito-borne illness. They sent a lette… Continue Reading


09.25.19

GAO Report Shows Ways to Improve U.S. Response to Marine Debris Crisis

Washington, DC - Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led 13 senators in releasing findings of the Government Accountability Office that show the federal government could be doing more to confront the global marine debris crisis affecting American coastal communities and businesses. "Plastic trash and other marine debris crowding our oceans is a massive pollution and health threat. This report makes clear that there is more the federal government can do to protect our oceans," said Whiteh… Continue Reading


09.25.19

Senate Committees Approve Whitehouse-Sullivan-Menendez Marine Debris Bill

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today applauded passage of two parts of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (introduced in whole as S. 1982) by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A third piece of the bill awaits action by the Senate Commerce Committee. The Save Our Seas 2.0 Act was introduced in June to address the plastic debris crisis threatening coastal economies and harmi… Continue Reading


09.25.19

Energy & Natural Resources Committee Approves Whitehouse-Capito Proposal to Reduce Industrial Emissions

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today applauded passage of the Clean Industrial Technology Act (CITA) by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. CITA would support research to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources, and help make American companies more competitive in the global economy. The legislation is also sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Diane Fein… Continue Reading


09.25.19

RI Delegation Announces $3.4 Million to Increase Medicaid Providers’ Capacity for Addiction Treatment

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Rhode Island a $3,482,368 planning grant to increase the treatment capacity of Medicaid providers for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services. "Rhode Island continues to make strides in combatting the opioid epidemic, but we have to keep the momentum going with real resources and … Continue Reading


09.24.19

Whitehouse Statement on Impeachment Inquiry

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump: "If the president used foreign aid to induce a foreign nation to investigate a political opponent, he plainly violated his oath of office. We must know if these reports are true, so I am pleased the House will pursue the necessary evidence to understand exactly what took place. The executive branch and Attorney Ge… Continue Reading

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