Jack Reed

This corrosive, kleptocratic, and corrupt maneuver is outrageous.

Vague generalities are not helping this committee make critical judgments.

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

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

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

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.

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

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…

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.

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

You have seen firsthand what is happening in Portland. It is outrageous. The situation has been completely distorted by the President to suggest that there is major civil upheaval. That is not the case at all from the reports I have heard…

DOGE, it has been my observation, has pilfered information from every major Federal organization, and the Social Security Administration's former employees have indicated they have taken the most critical files that have detailed…

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…

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

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

Drug cartels are despicable and must be dealt with by law enforcement. But now, by the President’s own words, the U.S. military is engaged in armed conflict with undefined enemies he has unilaterally labeled ‘unlawful combatants,’ and he…

American journalists are not, should not, and must not be mere stenographers for the party in power or the Pentagon itself.

Secretary Hegseth’s restrictions on the press are part of a broader attempt by this Administration to cover up missteps, stifle independent journalism, and obscure the truth.

There is no evidence—none—that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

There is no evidence — none — that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

Your independence has already been seriously compromised.

There is a lot we still don’t know and we need an accurate, factual damage assessment.

Israel’s alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence.

The Pentagon has been paralyzed by infighting and stripped of expert staff at a time when we need stability and professionalism.

I’m not a great mathematician, but I think you were talking about $1 trillion? I believe $1.5 billion times 10 is $15 billion. That’s a little bit off from $1 trillion.