WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act offered by Rep. Sean Casten to require the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services to examine barriers to access for military pilots and air traffic controllers mental health care. "When military and civilian aviators make the required report that they   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (DIL06) and Ann Wagner (RMO02) led 23 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging the Department of Treasury to collaborate with states to return the more than $30 billion that the Treasury currently holds in unclaimed savings bond assets to bondholders. "Treasury has a responsibility to ensure that the more than $30 billion in uncashed savings bonds are return  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: This is the third time Senate Republicans blocked Duckworth-led legislation to protect IVF access nationwide Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) called out Senate Republicans' hypocrisy after nearly every single Republican blocked the Senate Democrats' Right to IVF Act, despite them publicly claiming to support IVF for the millions of Americans who rel  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Ahead of the Right to IVF Act vote, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to vote for this crucial legislation. The legislation, which Durbin is a cosponsor of, establishes a clear and enforceable nationwide right to receive, provide, or cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) services and other assisted reprodu  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with Aimee Eubanks-Davis, CEO of Braven, an organization that works with colleges and employers to help underserved students complete college and obtain quality jobs by offering students a class on workforce readiness skills, support in securing paid internships, and holding networking, mentoring, and job skill sessions. First-generation college students from  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to discuss Illinois' role in research and development (R&D) in the defense industry. During their meeting, Durbin reiterated that Illinois is a strong candidate for continued investment in emerging technologies such as quantum computing. Illinois has proven to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- 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 "Combatting the Youth Vaping Epidemic by Enhancing Enforcement Against Illegal E-Cigarettes." The hearing underscored the alarming level of youth e-cigarette use--including the role of the tobacco industry in flooding the market with kid-frien  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In exclusively obtained information from Harlan Crow as a result of Durbin and the Senate Judiciary Committee Majority's Supreme Court ethics investigation and subpoena authorization, Durbin releases details of gifted private travel to Justice Thomas that Thomas has failed to disclose Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released exclusively obtained   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- 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 on the passing of U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber: "Judge Harry Leinenweber was respected for his knowledge of the law and his reputation for fairness. I always knew that he would bring that reputation to every assignment. He never disappointed. "To his wife, Lynn Martin--my  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- 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 after Senate Republicans voted against the Right to IVF Act. The legislation, which Durbin is a cosponsor of, establishes a clear and enforceable nationwide right to receive, provide, or cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) services and other assisted reproductive technologies. It also  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's unanimous decision on Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) actions regarding the regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone: "  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Illinois members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) to discuss Illinois' transit priorities. During the meeting, Durbin and the ATU members spoke about ensuring Illinois' public transit systems remain fully funded and continue to expand service and connect communities. They also discussed keeping transit workers safe on the job. "A strong publ  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) reintroduced the bicameral American Business for American Companies Act, legislation that would extend the year-to-year government wide ban on federal contracts for inverted corporations by moving it out of the annual appropriations process and into permanent law. Corporat  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), spoke on the Senate floor to underscore the importance of passing her pro-family, pro-freedom Right to IVF Act to protect and strengthen IVF for all Americans. During her remarks, Duckworth shared her own experience with IVF to grow her family while calling out Republicans' continued failure to support IVF despite claiming they do. Video of the Senator's remark  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Based on March 2023 recommendations of the Judicial Conference, the JUDGES Act would authorize 63 new permanent district court judgeships and 3 new temporary district court judgeships to meet workload demands Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act, which would authorize 63 new permanent district court judgeships and  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act, which would authorize 63 new permanent district court judgeships and three new temporary district court judgeships. "As dockets become overburdened, it's important that Congress uses its authority to ensure the feder  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the Right to IVF Act vote, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to vote for this crucial legislation. The legislation, which Durbin is a cosponsor of, establishes a clear and enforceable nationwide right to receive, provide, or cover in vitro fertilizati  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against the Right to IVF Act. The legislation, which Durbin is a cosponsor of, establishes a clear and enforceable nationwide right to receive, provide, or cover in vitro fertilizatio  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's unanimous decision on Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released exclusively obtained information from Harlan Crow on his gifts of free luxury travel to Justice Clarence Thomas, which was omitted from Justice Thomas' financial disclosure, despite last week's amendment to his 2019 financial disclosure report. A report on th  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) objected to passage of the bipartisan bill, which would give power to victims and hold those responsible to account Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested unanimous consent (UC) today on the Senate floor to pass his bipartisan Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 (DEFIANCE Act), legislation t  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin asked unanimous consent to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act; Senate Republicans objected Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats in asking unanimous consent (UC) for the Senate to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Yesterday, Senate Republicans blocked Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' unanimous consent (UC) request to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act, legislation that the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced last July. The UC request was made by U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Jud  more