SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), founder of the Environmental Justice Caucus, today led eight of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expand the protections in the agency's newly-proposed rule to safeguard communities and the environment from the dangers of coal combustion residuals   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) along with nine of their Senate colleagues, today sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging the agency to take further steps to address the problem of lead poisoning in federally assisted housing. In the letter, the Senators request on update on HUD's impleme  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2023: Since last June, my office and colleagues have received many calls requesting assistance due to the awful storm, which flooded many homes and damaged property. A few weeks ago, I spoke with the President personally and asked him for help. On Friday, we telephoned 30,000 people to let them know that all of us are working on securing funding to help them through the aftermath of the flood. To  more