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U.S. Senate Approves Reed’s Bipartisan Housing Assistance for Veterans Amendment
The U.S. Senate today gave unanimous approval to a bipartisan amendment authored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) to help upgrade veterans’ housing. The Housing Assistance for Veterans Act (HAVEN Act) authorizes a competitive, five year, $20 mi...
Posted on 12/3/2012 | -
Reed Announces Nearly $900,000 in HUD Grants to Help Residents Get Job Training
PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that ten Rhode Island housing agencies will receive nearly $900,000 in federal funding to help public and assisted housing residents find work and receive assistance. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants may b...
Posted on 9/21/2012 | -
Reed’s Bill to Expand Housing Protections for Troops Advances in Senate
U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s plan to help protect the financial well-being of thousands of U.S. troops and their families gained momentum this week when it received bipartisan approval from a key Senate panel. Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs unanimously...
Posted on 9/13/2012 | -
Burnside Apartments Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Posted on 8/21/2012 | -
RI Awarded $624,000 in Federal Funds for Food and Shelter Assistance
PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to provide critical assistance to struggling families, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced $624,045 in federal funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Foo...
Posted on 8/16/2012 | -
Floor Statement on FHFA Decision to Prohibit the Use of Principal Reduction
Madam President, first, let me express my disappointment that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle blocked consideration of vitally important cyber security legislation. The Secretary of Defense, when asked about a potential threat to the United States, declares emphatically that his biggest concern is t...
Posted on 8/2/2012 | -
Senate Passes Bipartisan Veterans' Benefits Bill
Last night the U.S. Senate approved comprehensive legislation to expand veterans’ health care and education programs, improve U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) efforts to help homeless veterans, and make more veterans with disabilities eligible for housing-assistance gr...
Posted on 7/19/2012 |