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Jack F. Reed |
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Currently Elected Rhode Island U.S. Senate |
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Party: |
Rhode Island Democratic Party |
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Email: |
http://reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm |
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Website: |
reed.senate.gov/ |
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Phone: |
401.943.3100 |
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Address: |
1000 Chapel View Boulevard, Suite 290
Cranston, RI 02920 |
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Legislative Assignments: |
Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Senate Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veteran's Affairs and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Armed Services
Senate Subcommittee on SeaPower
Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation & Community Development
Senate Subcommittee on Children & Families
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies
Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Senate Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development
Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies
Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment
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General: (political statement of goals, objectives, views, philosophies) |
Jack Reed is the 47th United States Senator from Rhode Island. Elected to the Senate in 1996, Reed, who succeeded Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI), previously served three terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. Reed has been a leader in the House and the Senate on education, health care and campaign finance reform, promoting and strengthening Rhode Island's economy and on defense, international affairs, child care and gun control issues.
In 1982, he graduated from Harvard and served a year as an associate with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan. In 1983, he returned to Rhode Island and joined Edwards and Angell, a Providence law firm. Reed was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 1984 and served for three terms. In 1990, Reed was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In his first term in Congress, Reed was described by the Boston Globe as "a relentless advocate for his home state." During Rhode Island's credit union and banking crisis, he helped secure $180 million in federal loan guarantees to pay off depositors and he won support for federal funding for the design and construction of a project to upgrade the state's freight rail system. During the next six years Reed became a leader on a number of issues including education and health care. In 1996, when Senator Pell announced his retirement, Reed campaigned for and was elected to the United States Senate. |
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Personal: (Gender, age, marital status, spouse's name and age, children's name and
ages, home town, current residence) |
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Reed was born on November 12, 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island and grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island. Reed and Julia Hart were married in April 2005. |
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Education: (times and places of schools, colleges, major, degrees, activities, sports) |
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After graduating from LaSalle Academy in Providence, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a Masters of Public Policy. In 1982, he graduated from Harvard Law School. |
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Profession: (profession and work experience outside politics) |
Attorney, Edwards and Angell, 1983
Associate Professor, Department of Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1978-1979 |
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Military: (branch, years of service, active duty experience, highest rank, medals,
honors, discharge date and type) |
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Reed attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. Following his graduation from West Point he received an active duty commission in the United States Army. Reed, an Army Ranger and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader, a Company Commander and a Battalion Staff Officer. |
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Civic: (past and present organizations, charities involvement) |
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No Response |
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Political: (dates and titles of previously held political offices) |
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1990-1996
Senator, Rhode Island State Senate, 1984-1990. |
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Religion: (current and past religious affiliations, beliefs) |
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Roman Catholic. |
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Accomplishments: (significant accomplishments, awards, achievements) |
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Reed is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He is the senior Democratic member of the Joint Economic Committee. |