WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation-- urged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker to make sure the FAA requires transparency and accountability as it oversees Boeing's Safety and Quality Plan, a plan that the   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) in introducing a resolution to designate June 07, 2024, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2024 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month." Each year, more than 43,000 people in the United States are killed and 76,000 are injured by gun violence, depr  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: Justice Alito cannot credibly claim to be an umpire calling balls and strikes in these cases. He has donned the jersey of his favorite team. In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, addressed the Supreme Court's ethical crisis and cautioned that we cannot afford further erosion of public confidence in our court  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- 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 released the following statement regarding President Biden's executive action on the southern border: "Nearly four months ago, Congress had an opportunity to help secure the border with the bipartisan border bill. Instead, in a stunning reversal, my Senate Republican colleagues opposed this bipartisan agreement, ref  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: "My Senate colleagues will have to decide how they want to be remembered during this historic vote. Do they want to be remembered for blocking the effort to protect the right to access contraception? Or for standing on the right side of history and protecting reproductive rights?" During the week marking the 59th anniversary of the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut decision, in which the Supreme  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $11.145 million in federal funding to the Crab Orchard Greenway Multimodal Network at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The grant, funded through the Fiscal Year 2023 National Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program, will go towar  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: This federal program provides increased reimbursement through Medicaid to expand mental health and addiction treatment services in qualified clinics across Illinois Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today applauded the federal approval of Illinois as a participant in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program. Th  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 3, 2024: * * * "I commend the Biden Administration for their continued diplomacy throughout the course of this war, and I support the comprehensive plan they have negotiated to end the hostilities, secure the release of hostages, and increase humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians. This is an important step forward in the effort to achieve a lasting peace based on a durable two-state solution t  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee's oversight hearing to discuss why the Biden administration's Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) top brass, Dr  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * Today, Joe Biden announced a new executive order, claiming to stop the flow of illegal immigration on our southern border. Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement: "Joe Biden's 'Open Borders' plan would allow 2,500 illegal aliens to cross into our country per day, when that number should be zero. Joe Biden is lying when he claims he wants to secure the border bec  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding President Biden's executive action on the southern border: "Nearly four months ago, Congress had an opportunity to help secure the border with the bipartisan border bill. Instead, in a stunning reversal, my Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: During the week marking the 59th anniversary of the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that all married Americans have a constitutional right to use contraception, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged his colleagues to support the Right to Contraception Act when it  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinoisa, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, issued the following news release: * * * As prepared for delivery. "Good afternoon and welcome. "Thank you all for joining us for today's subcommittee hearing on 'Reforming Unemployment Insurance to Support American Workers and Businesses.' "I especially want to thank our witnesses for traveling here and for your commitment to helping us further understand this impor  more