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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Saturday June 08, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Presents Itasca Fire Protection District with $2.5 Million in Federal Funding He Secured to Construct New Fire Station
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Itasca, IL - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) presented the Itasca Fire Protection District with $2.5 million in federal community project funding he secured to construct a new fire station. The funding, secured as part of the bipartisan government spending bill passed by Congress in March, will go towards building the new station and will widen the reach of the Itasca Fire Protection Dis  more

Durbin, Schakowsky Offer Recommendations For New Department Of Education Mentorship Grant Program
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin and Schakowsky highlighted their Mentoring to Succeed Act as an outline for creating the Department's new mentorship grant program Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) today sent a bicameral letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona applauding the inclusion of a Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) appropriations bill provision that creates a men  more

LaHood, Select Committee on the CCP Uncover Slave Labor Links at Chinese Battery Company Gotion
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a letter sent to the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, revealed new evidence implicating Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion for utilizing state-sponsored slave labor and perpetuating the ongoing Uyghur genocide. LaHood joined Selec  more