Thursday - October 31, 2024
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Sunday June 02, 2024 ( 3 items )  

SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON PROPOSED CEASEFIRE DEAL
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: LINCOLNSHIRE, IL--Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the bicameral, bipartisan Abraham Accords, released the following statement in response to a new ceasefire proposal from Israel: "We all want the war in Gaza to end. "Israel has again provided Hamas a ceasefire proposal, brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt. As President Biden has said, Hamas   more

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin Issues Statement on Trump Guilty Verdict by Manhattan Jury
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records: "No one is above the law--not even a former president. "Consistent with the rule of law, a jury of his   more

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin, Sen. Duckworth Join Senate Democrats to Call on DOJ to Immediately Launch Full Court Press Against Big Oil to Prevent and Prosecute Collusion, Price Fixing
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 20 Democratic Senators in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to use every  more