WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Tonight, an amendment offered by Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) to institute U.S. sanctions on any financial institution that helps facilitate the sale of Iranian-built drones, or "unmanned aerial vehicles" (UAVs), passed the House as part of the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act. "Iran's support of terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis has been destabilizing the Mi  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), voted to support H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA). The bill, which LaHood helped author as the lead on HPSCI's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Working Group, is the largest reform of the FBI in a generation and puts an end to FISA abuses while mainta  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Don Beyer (D-VA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Ami Bera (D-CA) introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific Act (USTLIPA). The U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific Act will reassert Congress's authority over trade to combat China's growing economic influence in the Indo-Pacific through renewed American efforts  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on April 18, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominees * Nancy L. Maldonado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit * Georgia N. Alexakis, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois * Krissa M. Lanham, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona * Angela M. Martinez, to   more