Press Releases

Washington, DC – This evening, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will travel to Belém, Brazil to join heads of state, lawmakers, private sector leaders, environmental champions, and civil society leaders... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, late last week released the sixth episode of season two of his podcast, Making the Case.  In the new episode, Whitehouse is joined by... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today announced that Republicans tucked in a provision on the last page of their government funding bill halting the impending half-trillion cut to Medicare that they had created through previous legislation.  President Trump... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement after voting against Republicans’ funding proposal on the Senate floor tonight: “The next phase of Democrats’ health care affordability fight is starting.  The American people are with us, and... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement after the Trump administration refused to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): “Despite having the funds to provide full SNAP benefits to families in Rhode Island, the... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – As Rhode Islanders start logging in to their Healthsource RI accounts to select health insurance coverage for next year, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse vowed to continue fighting to lower health care costs for the more than 40,000 Rhode... Continue Reading

Providence, RI – Today, in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced a $1 million federal earmark for Sojourner House which has been used to provide new affordable housing in Rhode Island for survivors of... Continue Reading

As older Americans struggle to keep pace with rising expenses, Reed & Whitehouse say Congress must fix flawed COLA formula that is shortchanging today’s retirees and weight it more to factor in health care costs WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump Administration... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Mark Warner (D-VA) to reintroduce the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act.  The bipartisan legislation addresses regulatory hurdles to accessing... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC — Historically, both Democratic and Republican administrations have found ways to sustain the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program during past budget crises and federal shutdowns by using contingency funds, carry-over appropriations, and short-term adjustments.  That was the case... Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized President Donald Trump for pursuing a $230... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary and Budget Committees, published an op-ed on Monday in The Contrarian shining a spotlight on Russell Vought’s role as a henchman in dismantling... 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, on Friday released the fifth episode of season two of his podcast, Making the Case. ... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a former U.S. Attorney and Rhode Island Attorney General, today released the following statement after the Attorney General made demonstrably false claims before the Senate Judiciary Committee: “Contrary to what the Attorney General... Continue Reading

Plaintiffs in NRSC v. FEC aim to eliminate one of the few remaining limits on special interest influence in elections Whitehouse and Senate Democratic colleagues instead urge Supreme Court to reconsider Citizens United, which unleashed corrupting dark money into elections, based on a... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today slammed Vice President JD Vance’s social posts, which egregiously misrepresent Democrats’ push to end the Republican government shutdown and to fix the chaos and destruction Republicans have unleashed on the American health... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today released the followingstatement after Republicans voted down a Democratic proposal to keep the government open: “Trump and his creepy billionaire backers are trying to swamp the country in chaos, this time by... Continue Reading

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $2,344,000 grant to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to... Continue Reading

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