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Reed, NEA Help Launch New Blue Star Theatres Program for Military Families
September 28, 2012...
Posted on 9/28/2012 | -
Reed Seeks National Strategy to Combat Lyme Disease
PROVIDENCE, RI - As health experts predict a surge in Lyme disease cases this summer, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling for a national strategy to combat the disease and expand federal research efforts to increase surveillance and prevention. Today, Reed joined with leading experts fr...
Posted on 7/9/2012 | -
Reed Restores Critical Lead Poisoning Prevention Funding
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved his amendment to provide $10 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Lead Poisoning Prevention program, an increase of $8 million from last year’s lev...
Posted on 6/15/2012 | -
Reed, Durbin, Whitehouse, Begich, Biden Seek Expanded Housing Assistance for Troops
In an effort to protect the financial well-being of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mark Begich (D-AK), and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden are calling for new rights and protections for...
Posted on 5/22/2012 | -
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which is pending before the Senate this week. This legislation will give the FDA, through five agreements made between the agency and industry, the resources to approve addition...
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Student Loan Interest Rates
Mr. REED. Mr. President, unless we act quickly, students across the country will face the largest increase of subsidized student loan interest rates in more than 40 years. In the last 40 years, the interest rates on subsidized student loans have never doubled from one year to the next. Yet that...
Posted on 5/10/2012 | -
Keep Student Interest Rates Low
Mr. REED. Mr. President, after months of working to ensure that the subsidized student loan interest rate does not double this summer, I think we finally have reached a consensus--middle-income families in America cannot afford a huge increase, a doubling in the interest rate on student loans. &nbs...;
Posted on 4/26/2012 |