All posts tagged "Jack Reed"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was accused of "gross negligence" Tuesday by Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), as three more Americans were killed in battle last weekend.

Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, charged that Hegseth failed to fully warn President Donald Trump that the Strait of Hormuz would close — and that Americans are now paying for it with their lives.

The confrontation came at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Trump's supplemental funding request, which includes roughly $10 billion for farmers hit by the war-driven collapse in global fuel and fertilizer supplies....

WASHINGTON – Democrats on Capitol Hill are nervously laughing off President Donald Trump’s so-called investigation into Joe Biden’s use of an autopen.

Prominent Democratic senators who spoke to Raw Story at the Capitol on Thursday dismissed the effort — passed through executive order and giving Attorney General Pam Bondi authority to launch a criminal probe — as a made-for TV “political stunt.”

“It’s a political stunt trying to change the narrative from tariffs that are gonna harm the economy,” said Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. ...

Education secretary Linda McMahon was roundly mocked on social media after flubbing "basic math" while testifying Tuesday morning before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the department’s fiscal 2026 budget request.

According to The Hill, "The request by the Trump administration...includes major cuts to federal education and research programs, putting a focus on state and local education systems. It also includes a boost in charter school grants."

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) took a moment out of the hearing to explain to McMahon the difference between "billion" and "trillion."...

The senator blocking hundreds of military promotions in a statement against Pentagon abortion policy says he worked just as hard as a Marine commandant who suffered a heart attack while doing two jobs.

"I did that for years, because you got to get the job done," Sen. Tommy Tuberville told CNN reporter Manu Raju Thursday. "Come on, give me a break, this guy’s gonna work 18 to 20 hours a day no matter what."

Tuberville (R-AL) repeatedly denied responsibility for the hospitalization of Commandant Gen. Eric Smith, who had been filling the top two positions in the Marine Corps since July. ...