WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: ROLLING MEADOWS, IL - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) presented the City of Rolling Meadows with $810,000 in federal community project funding he secured to upgrade the storm sewer near Kimball Hill Elementary School. The funding, secured in the bipartisan government spending bill passed by Congress in March, will improve the sewers at the intersection of School Drive and Meadow Drive i  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), as well as U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) and Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), to introduce the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024, bicameral legislation that would nearly double the Pell Grant maxi  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement expressing his disappointment after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the marketing of four menthol e-cigarette products in the United States through the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) pathway. Today's authorizations mark the first non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette products to b  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling today in United States v. Rahimi, which ruled that when an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Ame  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Hazel Crest, III -- On Thursday, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) highlighted federal and state funding to help Hazel Crest, Illinois, identify and replace lead service lines, ultimately preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. She joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore, Mayor Vernard L. Alsberry Jr., First Assistant Deputy Governor Shareese Pryor, and Illinois   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded President Joe Biden's executive actions to offer relief to hundreds of thousands of immigrants, including allowing undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to seek protection and streamlining the process for Deferred Action  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), secured several important provisions to support and benefit Illinois in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that the committee passed late last week and is now expected to be considered by the full U.S. Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: On World Refugee Day, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led 69 members of Congress on a bicameral letter urging the Biden Administration to consider refugee status for certain Palestinians fleeing Gaza--namely t  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), founder and chair of the bipartisan Congressional Ethylene Oxide Task Force, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today issued the following statement on the report released by the Centers for   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his colleagues to advance the nomination of Judge Nancy L. Maldonado to be the United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. If confirmed, Judge Maldonado would be the first Hispanic judge to ever serve on the Seventh Circuit. Judge   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) applauded the Supreme Court's 8-1 decision in US v. Rahimi. This decision will continue to prohibit people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns. "The Supreme Court's decision today rightfully prioritizes the lives of women and children over an abusive partner's claim to own a gun," said Congresswoman Kelly, Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Preven  more