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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2025

Military operations need to be handled with utmost discretion, using approved, secure lines of communication, because American lives are on the line.

cbsnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 23, 2025

one of the most egregious failures of operational security and common sense

cbsnews.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 15, 2025

We're in a fight for our democracy right now, and if we're having a fight in our dugout, we're not out on the field and the other team is scoring runs.

usatoday.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 13, 2025

as we all know too well, rates of suicide have risen to epidemic levels in the United States, with suicide now the 10th leading cause of death in the country. On average, there are 135 suicides every day, roughly one every 11 minutes…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 12, 2025

If DOJ and the FBI are aiding and abetting this unlawful plot, it crosses very significant redlines for the agency and its personnel.

truthout.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 12, 2025

Everybody in the caucus wants an opportunity to vote for a clean 30-day [continuing resolution] that puts us on a pathway to regular, legit appropriations.

commondreams.org
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2025

today I am introducing the Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act with Senator Lummis. Our bipartisan bill would help more families purchase an affordable home and maintain our housing supply by strengthening…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2025

I am pleased to join Senator Collins and Senators Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, Smith, and Klobuchar in introducing legislation that would permanently reauthorize the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Council or USICH. The Council…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 11, 2025

today I am reintroducing the Helping More Families Save Act with Senator Britt. This bipartisan legislation would help more families in HUD-assisted housing build savings and improve their financial security by creating a pilot program for…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2025

I rise today to mark the centennial of the Probation Act, which was signed into law on March 4, 1925. The law allowed Federal judges to include probation as part of a person's sentence, leading to the creation of the Federal probation…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2025

as my colleagues know, since 1996, the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. <greek-d><greek-d> 801-808, has provided an important tool for Congress to provide a check on certain Agency rules. Pursuant to the statute, the Government…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 10, 2025

They like to bully and threaten. But when push comes to shove, they'll have to come back.

cbsnews.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 4, 2025

first, let me thank Senator Blumenthal for this effort. It really matters. Even if it fails, it matters to our veterans to know that we tried, to know that we did not leave them out there at the mercy of Elon Musk and his little muskrats…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Mar 4, 2025

Nowhere in his [Trump's] speech did he say that he would protect Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

newsweek.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 4, 2025

on day one, President Trump lit the fuse on Elon Musk's plan to hollow out the Federal Government by changing the name of an obscure technical office within the White House, the U.S. Digital Services, USDS, and called it DOGE, without…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Mar 3, 2025

The Supreme Court justices are so deeply ensconced in a cocoon of special interest money that they can no longer be trusted to police themselves without proper process.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 1, 2025

It was not planned at all. It was the exact opposite of how most people expected the exchange to go.

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