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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Mar 8, 2026

I'd have to look at what they're asking for.

usatoday.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 2, 2026

You float stuff and you float stuff and you float stuff until people get inured to what a stupid or outrageous thing it is that has been floated and then you pull the trigger.

theguardian.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 2, 2026

It’s the second term strategy of let Trump be Trump without guardrails and that takes him into innumerable places where presidents heretofore did not go.

theguardian.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 2, 2026

If they weren’t paying the proper ordinary Kennedy Center rates, they’re being given a benefit and those benefits seem only to be going towards groups that are affiliated with Trump and Maga.

theguardian.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 2, 2026

But it ought to be pretty plain to people that when a new administration comes to Washington, it is not the ordinary and appropriate thing to start filling your own pockets, your friends’ pockets, your political allies’ pockets with public…

theguardian.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jan 2, 2026

We began to get information about mischief taking place at the Kennedy Center and we got strong enough signals that we mounted an effort to dig into it and see what seemed actually to be going on.

theguardian.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Dec 10, 2025

There is a growing demand that everyone get a right in the Senate to see it.

apnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Nov 30, 2025

The Committee has directed inquiries to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.

theguardian.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Nov 29, 2025

If the White House truly believed that these are terrorist organizations and the Defense Secretary truly thinks Tren de Aragua compares to al-Qaida, the administration should come to Congress and request a AUMF.

usatoday.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 22, 2025

The Center is being looted to the tune of millions of dollars in foregone revenue, cancelled programming, unpaid use of its facilities, and wasteful spending on luxury restaurants and hotels.

cbsnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Nov 6, 2025

while the president transforms the military into his personal political tool.

bostonglobe.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 23, 2025

At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of…

theintercept.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 22, 2025

requiring all Department of Defense communications with Congress to be controlled by Secretary Hegseth's office raises serious questions about transparency and the timely flow of information that lawmakers need to conduct oversight.

cbsnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 22, 2025

We don’t want any lawyers, we don’t want any press, we don’t want anybody from Congress.

msnbc.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 17, 2025

At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of…

cbsnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 3, 2025

Drug cartels are despicable and must be dealt with by law enforcement.

thenation.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 2, 2025

Every American should be alarmed that their President has decided he can wage secret wars against anyone he calls an enemy.

theintercept.com