WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) has released the following statement after voting against the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act: "Half of North Korea's nuclear program may be funded through cryptotheft, according to U.S. national security experts. Russia and Venezuela are using cryptocurrency to evade U.S. sanctions. According to the Treasury Department, Hamas, the Pales  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (DIL) and Senator Dick Durbin (DIL) introduced the Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy (REDUCE) Act, legislation that would allow consumers to sell their energy use reduction into federal wholesale electricity markets by eliminating the "Opt Out" currently employed by 13 states that fully or partially ban "aggregated demand response" from these markets. "Requir  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, with heart defects being the most common birth defect Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Congressional Heart and Stroke Caucus, today delivered remarks at the American Heart Association's 100th anniversary event. In his remarks, Durbin emphasized the importance of strong and sustained funding increases for medical and scienti  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin also called for the passage of the SCERT Act, legislation that requires Supreme Court justices to adopt a binding code of ethics Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after a New York Times report that an "Appeal to Heaven" flag--a symbol carried on January 6--was flown at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's vacation h  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced his support for 15 community projects in Illinois' 11th Congressional District as part of the House Appropriations Committee's Community Project Funding (CPF) program. The projects listed have been submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration as part of the FY 2025 government spending bills. The CPF program is a continuing i  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data (DASHBOARD) Act. This legislation would require data harvesting companies like social media platforms to tell consumers and financial regulators exactly what data they are collecting from customers and how it is being leveraged for profit. The DASHBOARD Act wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), announced that on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:15 AM ET, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a full Committee oversight hearing entitled, "Bonus Blunder: Examining VA's Improper Decision to Award Senior Executives Millions in Incentives," in response to the De  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Jonathan L. Jackson (IL-01), a Member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement ahead of the markup on the 2024 Farm Bill. "During these uncertain times, no child in our great country should go hungry. The Republican draft of the Farm Bill confirms our worst fears. Instead of increasing SNAP benefits to offset rising inflation, Ho  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Rep. David Kustoff (TN-08) introduced the bipartisan Child Care for American Families Act to expand the child care tax credit for employer-provided care, also known as the Section 45F tax credit. The bill is also co-led by fellow Ways and Means Committee members Reps. Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Claudia Tenney (NY-24). "Finding quality affordable child care is an unaccepta  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called out his Republican colleagues for their failure to help secure the border by once again voting against the bipartisan border bill on the Senate floor. In a stunning reversal three months ago, Senate Republicans opposed the bipartisan border agree  more