WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health & Hospital System CEO Israel Rocha about improving access to health care for marginalized communities, including incarcerated individuals, immigrants, and people of color. Durbin, President Preckwinkle, and Mr. Rocha discussed the need to offer health care services to the mig  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Book Bans: How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature." Durbin first questioned Secretary Giannoulias about the rise of book bans nationwide.  According to the American Library Association (ALA),   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on POLITICO'sinvestigative report on the calculated financial scheme developed by Ginni Thomas, Leonard Leo, and billionaire conservative activists targeting the Supreme Court, which formed as the Supreme Court was considering Citizens United v. FEC: "Dark money continues to be a dire  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today in a speech on the Senate floor urged the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three Automakers--General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis--to negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement before this Thursday, September 14, to prevent a strike that will cost billions of dollars and impact 150,000 autoworkers. On July 12, UAW and the Big Three Automakers   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $456,170 to the Warehouse Workers' Justice Center through the American Rescue Plan's Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring Competitive Grant to conduct community-organized air quality testing in areas with high levels of air pollution in Will County, Ill  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) in leading eight of their Illinois Congressional delegation colleagues in sending a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel in support of building a new Taxpayer Correspondence print and mail   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters regarding allegations of serious misconduct occurring at Federal Corre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Matteson, IL - Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Illinois Second Congressional District grant recipients with awards totaling $370,075.000. Three of these grant awards are a part of the HHS's Bridge Access Program. The Bridge Access Program maintains broad access to COVID-19 vaccines for millions of uninsured Americans. The progr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Matteson, IL - Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) celebrated the announcement that electric vehicle battery manufacturer Gotion will open a new $2 billion lithium battery plant in Kankakee County. This project brings an estimated 2,600 full-time jobs to the Village of Manteno and the surrounding community. This announcement is part of the national trend of global renewable energy leaders choosing to manufa  more