WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (IL-06) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to ensure strong safeguards are in place for the use of carbon capture utilization and sequestration and hydrogen technology. "While we have a range of views regarding carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and hydrogen technology, we agree that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after he introduced H.R. 5530, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act. This legislation comes in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) rule: "Changes in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation" (88 Fed. Reg. 100  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Jason Crow (CO-06) introduced the ALS Better Care Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure that ALS multidisciplinary clinics can provide quality, interdisciplinary care at no-cost for ALS patients. "The ALS community consists of some of the strongest, most determined individuals I have   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) highlighted the opening of applications for Illinois' first Environmental Justice (EJ) Academy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EJ Academy is a training program that will help local leaders cultivate skills to identify and address environmental challenges in their communities. The academy will be hosted in East St. Louis, Illinois  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Full Text of Bill (PDF) WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bicameral legislation to improve the medical device recall process in order to protect patients. The Medical Device Recall Improvement Act would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish an electronic format for medical device recall notifications   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding ProPublica's investigative report with new details of Justice Clarence Thomas's secret participation in donor summits organized by billionaires Charles and David Koch: "Once again, Justice Thomas's gagg  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 28 Senate colleagues to introduce a resolution recognizing September as "National Voting Rights Month." Along with Wyden, U.S. Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) led the bicameral effort. "  more