WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: "The chaos of the last week made it clear that Republicans' ineffective leadership was pushing us to a Republican Shutdown. I've been vocal about the importance of bringing forward a CLEAN Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep our government running and to continue bipartisan conversations about funding priorities. Over and over again, Speaker McCarthy ignored that call and gave in to the cruel and unreasona  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) joined every Democrat and 21 of her Republican colleagues in rejecting a partisan continuing resolution that would have made crippling 30 percent budget cuts to most federal agencies. Budzinski has joined her fellow freshman Democrats and her colleagues on the New Democrat Coalition in repeated calls for a bipartisan agreement to keep the gover  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement on her NO vote on the "CR": "I voted no on the "CR" continuing resolution because I will not be part of the process to kick government funding down the road until the holidays, when Senate and House "insiders" will agree to ram through some massive omnibus with Ukraine funding behind closed doors. Last year, Senate Dem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement after voting in favor of four conservative appropriations bills that contained important victories in the fight against Biden's America Last agenda: "Tonight, I voted for a series of conservative policy wins in four appropriations bills that reverse Biden's America Last agenda. I voted to strip all Ukraine funding out o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following on Sept. 29, 2023: Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) helped introduce the Fiscal Commission Act of 2023, which would establish commission to tackle our nation's longterm debt and secure a more prosperous future for our children. The commission would be a bipartisan, bicameral, and open-doored. Schneider was joined by the Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum (BFF), Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50)   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023: On September 18, 2023, Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07), Congressman Dr. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), and Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01) introduced H.Res. 692, a bill to Designate September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. This bipartisan House Resolution recognizes the critical need for sickle cell disease research  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and the Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 5860: "Today, I voted in favor of a continuing resolution to keep our government open and funded. Republicans had us on a collision course towards a government s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * The Seante confirmed Todd Gee and Tara McGrath to be U.S. Attorneys for the Southern Districts of Mississippi and California, respectively. On their confirmations, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement: "Mr. Gee's and Ms. McGrath's confirmations are a wel  more