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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Durbin, Duckworth Announce $32.6 Million In Federal Funding For Cancer Research At University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $32.6 million in federal funding for cancer research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This funding, through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Precision Surgical Interventions program, will go towards inventing new imaging techniques to enhance cancer t  more

Ramirez joins Cardin, Ivey for Bicameral, Bipartisan Effort to Protect Survivors of Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) announced the introduction of the bicameral, bipartisan Continued Presence Improvement Act, legislation to protect survivors of human trafficking by strengthening the Continued Presence (CP) program, a temporary immigration designation provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to noncitizen survivors of trafficking. Representative Ramirez joined Rep  more