WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2023: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) has released the following statement celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act being signed into law: "Since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law one year ago today, we've seen tremendous benefit through our community. In the 6th District, the IRA has saved over 4,300 Medicare beneficiaries who use ins  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced Nason Budkhunthong, a junior at the University of Illinois from South Elgin, Illinois, as the summer 2023 recipient of the Ed Greelegs Scholarship Program. This scholarship, open to students and recent graduates from Illinois or those studying in Illinois, is an opportunity for the students to receive financial assistance whi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) to discuss the $500,000 in federal funding he secured through Congressionally Directed Spending--more commonly known as an earmark--in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations bill for IPHA to conduct trainings and build the capacity of the Community Health Workers (CHW) wo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited Metropolitan Family Services' (MFS) Midway Center (the Fetzer Family Center) to discuss $800,000 in federal funding he secured through Congressionally Directed Spending--more commonly known as an earmark--in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations bill for MFS to expand training for professionals involved in addressing and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following remarks on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered remarks at the National Black Prosecutors Association's (NBPA) 40th Annual Conference in Chicago, the same city where 100 Black prosecutors met for the first time in 1983 and brought about the organization's founding. NBPA describes itself as the "only professional membersh  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss as Special Counsel to continue investigating matters related to Hunter Biden: "Attorney General Garland has committed to avoiding even the appearance of politic  more

VIRDEN, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited Double Black Diamond, one of the largest planned solar farms in the country, to receive updates on its construction and discuss the upcoming one-year anniversary of theInflation Reduction Act (IRA). "Swift Current Energy's 600 megawatt bet on Illinois is a testament to our state's potential as a leader in clean energy innovation," sa  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that Shedd Aquarium received $700,000 through the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants for Museums Program to conduct supply chain research to ensure they are making sustainable choices when acquiring living collections. "By supporting Chicago'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that they will begin accepting applications from those interested in serving as a Federal District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. The Senators will be assisted by a screening committee whose task is to review   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the Biden Administration for approving Governor JB Pritzker's request for Individual Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the State of Illinois, to support Cook County in recovering from severe storms in which localized rainfall totals reached eigh  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the first Donald Trump impeachment panel released the following statement in response to news that the former President has been indicted by a Fulton County grand jury on charges that he criminally interfered in Georgia's 2020 election: "This is the fourth time a United States President has been criminally indicted -- all of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) led 16 of their colleagues in a letter urging United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to ensure that the U.S. Embassy in Honduras is continually engaging the Honduran government to combat corruption while protecting the environmentalists in t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated four counties in Illinois 17th Congressional District (McDonough, Mercer, Fulton, and Tazewell) as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. This follows the Illinois Farm Service Agency (FSA) authorizing emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for numerous Illino  more