WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement on Russia's continued detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. At this point, Evan has been held in Russia for nearly a year. "It is outrageous that a Russian court has extended the arbitrary detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Despite the legal charade, the world can clearly see that he is  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the lead sponsor of the Credit Card Competition Act, today released the following statement regarding the news that Visa and Mastercard reached a settlement with U.S. merchants to lower credit interchange rates and cap those rates into 2030:  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- 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, led a group of 19 Senate Democrats in a letter requesting administrative relief for undocumented immigrants. As the Biden Administration considers executive actions on the border after Senate Republicans balked at a bipartisan border deal in February at the whim of former  more