WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today introduced the Securing Our Lands And Resources Act, or the SOLAR Act. This legislation would establish guidelines for solar panel projects on prime and unique farmland funded by the United States Department of Agriculture. This will ensure that rural communities have a say in the approval process for solar panel projects, while still giving farmer  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten: The SEC is Acting in the Interest of Investors Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten, co-chair of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus, hosted a press conference to highlight the importance of protecting free-market principles of consumer choice and investor freedom. "The SEC is acting in the interest of investors, acting entirely within their mandate, to deal with the fact that in  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder and co-chair of both the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus and the U.S. Senate Lead Task Force, today released the following statement commending the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for announcing the first-ever legally enforceable limit on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water for 5 PFAs chemicals including, PFOA, PFOS and G  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) this week met with Chicago Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Executive Director Leanne Redden and other RTA leaders and members to discuss the agency's funding and priorities for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025. The RTA region's system provides more than two million rides each weekday on bus and rail services in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties and s  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)--secured support from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin for a proposal she plans to push strongly to be included in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) aimed at improving DoD medical re  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability today released bodycam footage capturing the fatal police shooting of 26-year-old Dexter Reed on March 21 in Chicago: "The video released today and the violence captured in it is shocking and disheartening. My thoughts are with the friends, family and loved ones of Dexter Reed as they conti  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling that effectively upheld a near-total abortion ban in that state by allowing a law written during the Civil War in 1864--which criminalizes abortion for patients, providers and anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion with exceptions only to save the mother's life--to be "prospectively" enfor  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Director Hugh T. Clements during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant Program." Today's hearing, the first full Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), released the following statement regarding a recent incident in Lincoln Park where flyers with antisemitic messages were found in bags with rat poison-like pellets: "Sadly, this is yet another disgusting antisemitic attack on Jewish Chicagoans in recent months. It is despicable and unacceptable to see a string of incidents like this taking place in our neigh  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, released a statement on his recent visit to Poland. Quigley spent two days in Poland before traveling on to Kyiv, Ukraine. During his visit, he met with high-level Polish officials to discuss security in the region amidst Russia's ongoing war. These officials included Poland's Deputy Prime Ministers, the Minister   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, released the following statement regarding his recent visit to Ukraine where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The trip came at a critical time as aid for Ukraine has stalled in Congress. Quigley traveled first to Poland where he and other members met with Polish officials, included the Minister of Fore  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Full Text of Bill (PDF) As millions of Americans prepare to file their taxes ahead of the federal deadline on April 15, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today introduced legislation to ensure that large corporations are finally required to pay their fair share. The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act would stop corporations from sheltering profits in tax havens   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a speech on the House Floor on Wednesday, April 10, Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) voiced his strong opposition to H.Res. 1117, a partisan resolution that mischaracterizes President Biden's record on Israel and undermines support for Israel's war against Hamas. The House is scheduled to vote on H.Res. 1117 later this week. Image "If my Republican colleagues want to help our ally and prote  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant Program," which will examine the COPS program and its efforts to promote community-oriented pol  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram. During their meeting, they discussed the need to address the unacceptable, growing rate of drug overdose deaths across the United States, driven primarily by fentanyl and ill  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Director Hugh T. Clements during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant Program." Today's hearing, the  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) along with members of the Illinois House delegation led the House of Representatives in a moment of silence to remember the victims of the Rockford stabbing spree. "Together, we grieve for the loss of our loved ones," Sorensen said. "As a native Rockfordian, I have faith we will not let this tragedy define us. As we work to make sense of what happened, we must continue   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) along with Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the bipartisan Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act which would establish a fifty percent minimum workload requirement at Army arsenals nationwide. Army depots have a guaranteed workload; however, no workload requirement cur  more