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Reed Seeks Emergency E-Rate Funds to Help Close Homework Gap

Sen. Reed & 15 colleagues are urging the FCC to let schools use emergency E-Rate funds to help students who lack Internet connectivity during coronavirus shutdown WASHINGTON, DC – As schools are forced to shut down because of coronavirus and students are being asked to learn online, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging the Federal Communications […]readmore

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As Pentagon Prepares to Provide Respirator Masks & Ventilators to

Ranking Member on Armed Services Committee urges Trump Administration to redirect ineffective border wall funding to help combat spread of coronavirus WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper informed U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator […]readmore

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During Call with VP Pence, Reed Presses for More Personal

WASHINGTON, DC – During a one-on-one phone conversation with Vice President Mike Pence last night, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, urged the Trump Administration to expand the availability of personal protective equipment and medical supplies for frontline medical […]readmore

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Colombia decreta estado de emergencia por pandemia

DW Presidente Iván Duque ordena como primera medida aislar a los ancianos para protegerlos del coronavirus. El presidente Iván Duque decretó este martes (17.03.2020) el estado de emergencia en Colombia para enfrentar la expansión de la pandemia de coronavirus, y dispuso como primera medida el aislamiento obligatorio de mayores de 70 años hasta el 31 […]readmore

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BA Offers Disaster Assistance to Rhode Island Small Businesses Economically

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Rhode Island small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza announced today. SBA acted under its own authority, as provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently […]readmore

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Rhode Island Foundation and United Way, Microsoft Providing Support to

Two additional cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Director of Health Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH today announced that several local and national organizations are offering free services to Rhode Islanders during the coronavirus public health crisis.  The Rhode Island Foundation and United Way of Rhode Island have launched a fund to support local nonprofit […]readmore