WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced the bicameral American Innovation Act, which would provide annual budget increases of five percent, plus inflation, for cutting edge research at five federal research agencies: the National Science Foundation; the Department of Energy Office of Science; the Department of Defense S  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded $7.5 million in federal grant funding for the study of permafrost using new technology. These funds are awarded through the Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). "As one of the nation's leading research institutions, the Un  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Kevin Hern (R-OK) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the strengthening of economic ties between the U.S. and Israel. This comes five months after the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7th and the war between Israel and Hamas, which has stunted Israel's economy. "I am proud to join my Republican colleague in leading this bipartisan resolution   more