| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Tuesday March 19, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Casten, Raskin Urge DOJ, FBI, DHS to Address White Supremacy in Policing
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (IL-06) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led 28 colleagues in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging their respective agencies to fully and robustly implement President Biden's May 2022 Executive Order to combat white supremacy in federal policing.
"The Department of Justice must act expe
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Following House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bost Push, VA Officially Halts Reporting Veterans to NICS List Without Due Process
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024:
Last week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that following H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which included Chairman Bost's language to prohibit VA from submitting a veteran or beneficiary's name to the FBI's NICS list without a judge's consent, being signed into law the agency would only report to NICS
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LaHood, Tonko, Carter, Barragan Introduce Bill Providing Alzheimer's and Dementia Education Resources to Primary Care Physicians
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release:
U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), and Nanette Barragan (D-CA) introduced the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer's Provider Training (AADAPT) Act, a bill that would provide Alzheimer's and dementia education and training to more primary care providers, improving detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia
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