WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) announced that Priscilla Steinmetz, Founder and Executive Director of The Bridge Teen Center, will be his State of the Union 2024 guest. Steinmetz is the Executive Director of The Bridge Teen Center, a nonprofit organization in Chicagoland focused on providing free programs during after-school and unsupervised hours where students can develop mentally, physically, emoti  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that Illinois reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist Dr. Amanda Adeleye will be her 2024 State of the Union guest as part of the Senator's continuing efforts to protect access in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Dr. Adeleye is the Medical Director of CCRM Fertility's Chicago-area center, where she specializes in reproductive endocrinology and  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: RIVER FOREST - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited Dominican University to discuss $2.5 million in federal funding it received through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program to close the digital divide by helping Minority-Serving Institutions expand their broadband capacity and hire additional informat  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), and every Senate Judiciary Democrat sent a letter to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts urging the office to give appropriate consideration to the funding of the Federal Public Defender program in the Office's upcoming budget re  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: On Super Tuesday, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his Republican colleagues to support critical voting rights legislation that was introduced in the Senate last week. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced that her guest for Thursday evening's State of the Union Address will be April Williams, an East St. Louis native and current Belleville resident who serves veterans as a Certified Wound Care Nurse in the VA St. Louis Health Care System. Williams is also a legislative coordinator for American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 96 and a m  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on the latest developments on Trump ballot ruling, on March 5, 2024: * * * Washington, D.C., "The Supreme Court's Ruling is contradictory. Justices cited the 14th Amendment saying states don't have the authority to remove a Presidential Candidate from their ballots unless Congress passes legislation. This is not how the Amendment reads. Colorado banned Trump from the Republican primary, precisely under the  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued a letter to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to call upon the agency to approve Illinois's application for a Section 115 Demonstration Waiver. The letter was signed by every Democratic member of Illinois's House delegation. The waiver would enable Illinois to utilize the Medicaid program to address a broad   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement on Minister Gantz's visit to Washington, D.C. Gantz is meeting with top Biden Administration Officials, Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson refused to meet with this crucial member of the Israeli war cabinet.  "First, I'd like to commend Senate Leaders  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Mary Miller (IL-15) sent a letter to Postmaster Louis DeJoy raising serious concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) plan to downsize the Champaign, Illinois Processing and Distribution Center. The plan could mean worse delivery rates and the relocation of dozens of jobs to the Chicago area. Budzinski encourages local residen  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- 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 a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), and every Senate Judiciary Democrat sent a letter to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts urging the office to give appropriate consideration to the funding of the Federal Public De  more