WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: PINGREE GROVE, IL Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) presented the Village of Pingree Grove with $959,752 in federal community project funding he secured to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment facility. The funding, allocated following the passage of the bipartisan government spending bill in March, will go towards improving water quality throughout the village, maintaining its cost   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: On official visit to Southeast Asian nations, Senator also seeks to enhance economic cooperation and bolster America's competitive edge with China [VIENTIANE, LAOS] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees--arrived in Laos for an official Senate visit aimed at reinforcing Ame  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about federal oversight of airlines' frequent flyers programs. While these programs may have originated to incentivize and reward true "frequent flyers," they have evolved to include co-branded credit cards and now often exclusively focus on dollars spent using these co-bra  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following letter in light of the alarming recent reports about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Aurora, Colorado. Last month, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) published two reports and the VA Office of Med  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on July 14, 2024: * * * Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-1stDistrict Ill) issued the following statement this evening in response to the violence that erupted at a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which left two killed, including the gunman, and three people injured, including former President Donald J. Trump. "I am shocked and saddened about the tragic turn of events at the rally for former Pre  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on July 15, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Judge Aileen Cannon dismissing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on the grounds that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution: "This unprecede  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led all Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans in a letter requesting Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) hold a hearing on the circumstances that led to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and the murder and  more