WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) introduced the Destination Reception Assistance Act to expand the federal government's role in the reception of new arrivals by local governments. The legislation would establish the Destination Reception Services Program, a new fund to promote self-  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Following President Biden's Supreme Court reform proposal, Durbin doubles down on the need to implement ethics reform In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke about the urgent need for Supreme Court ethics reform following President Biden's newly-released proposal to reform the Supreme Court. "No other federal  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: During his questioning, Durbin received commitment from FBI, USSS that they are implementing proper security ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Ronald L. Rowe, Jr., Acting Director of the United States Secret Service (USSS), and Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of In  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: "Today's overwhelming vote should send a message to Big Tech that its day of policing itself are over." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act: "Today's overwhelming vote should send a message to Big Tech that its days of policing itself are over. "As the   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The Criminal Judicial Administration Act would authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to pay for round-trip travel and subsistence for defendants who cannot afford to pay the costs on their own. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), along with U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), Ranking Member of the House Judiciar  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Report requested by Members finds that judiciary has no performance measures and conducts no evaluations of the efficacy of its workplace misconduct protocols Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA-35), Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12), released a Governme  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today is leading a dozen of her Senate Democratic colleagues in re-introducing legislation to help strengthen accountability and transparency from law enforcement agencies, encouraging improved training for police officers and the use of independent investigation and prosecution to eliminate inherent conflicts of interest. Duckworth's re-introduction of her Police Training   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during the Senate Judiciary Committee, in partnership with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing entitled "Examination of the Security Failures Leading to the Assassination Attempt on F  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on July 30, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act: "Today's overwhelming vote should send a message to Big Tech that its days of policing itself are over. "As the Senate Judiciary Committee has shown throug  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Ronald L. Rowe, Jr., Acting Director of the United States Secret Service (USSS), and Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during a Senate Judiciary Committee, in partnership with the Senate Homeland Sec  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), along with U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, today reintroduced the Criminal Judicial Administration Act   more