Honorable Jack Reed
United States Senator, Rhode Island, Democrat
Senator Reed was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He served in the Rhode Island Senate from 1984 to 1990 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Armed Services Committee and also sits on the following committees: Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Select Committee of Intelligence. The following is from the September 13, 2017, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2819, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, offered by Senator Rand Paul (KY-R). Senator Paul has been relentless…
