WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Tomorrow, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) will be joined by a former U.S. Army Majorwho resigned in protest of the Administration's support for Israel during its Gaza campaign, Harrison J. Mann(link is external), to stand against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress. Congresswoman Ramirez and the former executive officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Middle  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following statement on July 23, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today released the following statement regarding U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's resignation in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against President Trump: "Kimberly Cheatle's resignation was painfully overdue," said Bost. "As the director of the Secret Service, she had to be held accountable for the unprecedented failure to ke  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) has released the following statement regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress: "This February, I traveled to Israel and the West Bank and saw firsthand the remnants of the violence of the October 7th terrorist attacks. I spoke directly with families of those taken hostage and toured a Kibbutz that was attacked, as well as the site of the  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Eric Sorensen's (IL-17) bipartisan All-American Flag Act, which will require the federal government to only purchase flags that are entirely produced and manufactured in the United States. The bill now goes to the president's desk to be signed into law. "Passage of my bipartisan All-American Flag Act is an example of the government having t  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following statement on July 23, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) released a statement following the release of the body cam footage that captured the deadly shooting of Sonya Massey, an innocent Black woman who was murdered in her own home by an Illinois police officer after calling 911 for help. In a statement Rep. Frost says: "Sonya Massey should still be alive. This footage proves beyond a doubt   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In the wake of yesterday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability during which he questioned Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle(link is external), Congressman Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement: "Our hearing sadly confirmed my concerns about the Secret Service and Director Cheatle's leadership surrounding their failure to protect former President Trump on Jul  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) led the reintroduction of the Access to Birth Control Act. The legislation would guarantee patients' timely access to birth control, both prescribed and over the counter, at pharmacies nationwide. In April, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Patients have been denied their birth control medication   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement today in response to the release of body cam footage of Springfield resident Sonya Massey's death at the hands of a former Sangamon County Sheriff's Department Deputy: "The needless violence depicted in the body cam footage released today is painful and horrifying. Sonya Massey feared for her safety and trusted law enforcement to protect her-  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, 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 Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)--urged U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog to work together to ensure the Government of Israel expands and expedites the deliver  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation that would protect students and taxpayers by closing a loophole that gives special treatment to a small number of overseas medical schools. The Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act would require all medical schools outside of the U.S. and Canada to meet the same minimum requirements to receive Title IV student aid dollar  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Legislation would transfer FDA's food authorities and establish a single food safety agency Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Federal Food Administration Act,legislation that would establish the Federal Food Administration, a single agency responsible for ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply and prom  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Brad Schneider (IL-10) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize funding for the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Opened on October 1, 2010, the Lovell Federal Health Care Center is the nation's only fully integrated federal health care facility, combining resources and services from both the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) released the following statement: "Kamala Harris led the Democrats' cover-up of Joe Biden's severe cognitive decline. "Their donors only forced Biden out once they got 'caught.' 'Border Czar' Kamala Harris must answer for the deadly invasion of our southern border and her cover-up of Biden's cognitive decline. "The American people deserve to know who is actually runn  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress: "I will not attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, just as I did not attend his last address to Congress in 2015. I have long believed, and it is clearer than ever now, that  more