WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the news that the United States Postal Service (USPS) would pause the proposed plan to eliminate mail processing at Processing and Distribution Centers through the end of 2024. This announcement comes after Duckworth and Durbin vocally pushed against this proposed change which would exacerbate already-delayed mail de  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Brownfields are properties upon which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous materials and substances Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--Chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus--and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL)--a member of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus--announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Peter Welch and nearly every Senate Democrat in calling on Congress to fund the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America) in the upcoming FY25 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill. As a congressionally chartered national nonprofit,  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 10 of her colleagues in issuing the following statement in response to new legislation introduced by Senate Republicans that would create a new government-run website to collect data on pregnant women and direct them to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers and other "resources" to pressure women into carrying pregnancies to term,  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement underscoring that a new bill unveiled by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL), which they claim would "protect IVF," would actually incentivize state legislatures to both ban IVF and defund Medicaid at the same time--unpopular, extreme policies that far-right Republican policymakers have sought to do for decades. Thi  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: Tomorrow's hearing will shed light on drivers of high drug prices, and how the Senate Judiciary Committee can help solve this problem for the American people Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor highlighting tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Ensuring Affordable & Accessible Medications: Examining   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Ensuring Affordable & Accessible Medications: Examining Competition in the Prescription Drug Market." The hearing examined prescription drug prices, competition, and innovation, and how to ensure medications are accessible and affordable for A  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Mr. Seth Aframe to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding Mr. Aframe's confirmation: "Mr. Aframe is an experienced trial attorney and accomplished appellate practitioner who has over 20 years of legal experience. His significant lit  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Brownfields are properties upon which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous materials and substances Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), member of the House Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means Committees and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus, announced his opposition to H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act during remarks on the House Floor. Image Watch Schneider's remarks here. A transcript is below: Mr. Speaker, today is the 223rd day since Hamas slau  more