WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: This is the second time Senate Republicans blocked Duckworth's Right to IVF Act and the fourth time they blocked Duckworth-led legislation to protect IVF access nationwide Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called out Senate Republicans' hypocrisy on the Senate floor after they once again blocked her Right to IVF Act--which they first blocked in June--while continuing to falsely claim that they  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: "I speak on the floor today to tell Haitian immigrants, Haitian Americans, and the entire immigrant community: there is no place for hate in America. You are a critical piece of our American tapestry." In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today addressed the particularly vile lie being circulated by former Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against the Right to IVF Act for the second time this Congress. The legislation, which Durbin is a cosponsor of, establishes a clear and enforceable nationwide right to receive, provide, or cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) services and other assisted  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The Senators praised the House for passing the legislation, which will extend funding for SIREN Act grants to support fire and EMS agencies in rural communities once signed by President Biden ASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), applauded passage of their bi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) today announced $8 million in federal funding for Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This grant will be used to make land-side improvements along the Mississippi Riverfront and for a new, zero-e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today met with Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S., Maria Luiza Ribiero Viotti; Chilean Ambassador to the U.S., Juan Gabriel Valdes; Colombian Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Garcia-Pena Jaramillo; Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., Hugo Beteta; and Panamanian Ambassador the U.S., Jose Miguel Al  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, met today with Vladimir Kara-Murza who was recently freed from imprisonment in Russia as part of the Biden-Harris Administration prisoner swap in e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) penned an op-ed that ran in the Bloomington Pantagraph highlighting the need for Congress to enact the SAVE Act legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote and would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The op-ed can be read HERE or below. Originally published in the Pantagraph: Congress must pass the SA  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Darin LaHood's (R-IL-16) H.R. 9076, the Supporting America's Children and Families Act, a first-in-a-generation bipartisan reauthorization and reform of child welfare programs under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, by a vote of 405-10. LaHood, who is Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, introduced the legislation w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) voted Wednesday evening for a federal spending package to fund the government through March of next year and require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Due to overwhelming Democrat opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act reforms, the bill failed to pass the House. Congress must approve legislation funding the government by Septembe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, and U.S. Representative Tony Cardenas (CA-29) reintroduced the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, to restore the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers. "We owe it to our consum  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) sent a letter along with 11 other members of Congress to the Treasury Department in support of the deployment of waste energy recovery property (WERP) and ensuring its parity with other zero-emission technologies in the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's clean electricity production (45Y) and investment (48E) tax credits. Waste heat to power technology  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: The U.S. House passed U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-16), Rick Larsen (D-WA-02), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), and Kath Castor's (D-FL-14) H.R. 7438, the FIFA World Cup 2026 Commemorative Coin Act by a voice vote. The legislation, which was introduced by the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, will aid World Cup legacy programs aimed at advancing youth engagement in soccer in disadvantaged and un  more