WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) has released the following statement regarding the continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government open: "Keeping our government open and functioning is the most basic responsibility of Congress. A government shutdown would have disastrous consequences for Illinois. Troops would be forced to serve without pay, single mothers and children would h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR03) introduced the Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2024, which would authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide additional mitigation assistance to families affected by flooding and address the problems of delays in buyouts for communities facing repe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA26) introduced the Voluntary Food Climate Labeling Act, legislation to revolutionize the way consumers learn about the climate impact of the food they purchase. Under the legislation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will work with food producers, manufacturers, and retailers to develop a voluntary food climate   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) celebrates the passage of the Senate companion to her resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi and calling for elected officials to reject dehumanizing rhetoric that leads to hate crimes, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-Palestinian discrimination. The passage of the legislation comes a week after Congresswoman Ramirez joined survivors of hate crimes and their   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement: "During this Congress, just in two years, the House has considered at least six different Continuing Resolutions all because extreme Republicans have hijacked the government funding process to advance Trump's Project 2025 agenda. Today, once again, my Democratic colleagues and I showed up to keep the government open and ensu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Yesterday, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel--joined the Elizabeth Dole Foundation's 9th Annual National Convening to highlight the ways Congress can better address and respond to the challenges facing our nation's more than 14   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)--co-founders of the new U.S. Senate Lead Task Force and the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus--along with U.S. Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) are calling on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to expedite its review of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) celebrated Senate passage of a resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a six-year-old Palestinian American boy who was murdered as a victim of a hate crime in Plainfield, Illinois, on October 14, 202  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health insurance plans are required to cover lactation services--but many still fail to comply Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) called on the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employee Benefits and Security Administration (EBSA) to issue strong recommended guidance for private health insurance plans and insurers to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- 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 delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Anthony J. Brindisi, nominated to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York; Elizabeth C. Coombe, nominated to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York; Sarah M  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) celebrated Senate passage of a resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a six-year-old Palestinian American boy who was murdered as a victim of a hate crime in Plainfield, Illinois, on October 14, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), lead sponsors of the Credit Card Competition Act, today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Visa alleging that the company illegally maintains a monopoly over debit network markets through anticompetitive practic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration, U.S. is on track to welcome 100,000 refugees this fiscal year--marking the highest number since 1994 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, today participated in the statutorily-required r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) today introduced a resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of the eradication of polio in the Americas, in which the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the region as being "polio-free" on September 29, 1994. Nearly 60,000 children in the United States were reported to have polio in 1952, with more than 20,000 cas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Committee's oversight hearing entitled, "Everyday Heroes: Supporting the Veteran Caregiver Community." Good morning. The Committee will come to order. I want to welcome all the witnesses to our  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Subcommittee on NSA & Cyber and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member, led his Intelligence Committee Republican colleagues to request a briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) on the growing national securi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley(IL-05), Ranking Member on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting on a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through December 20, 2024: "With this vote, a united Democratic party helped Republicans avoid a catastrophic government shutdown. Unlike Republican's earl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, voted "NO" on the Republican H.R. 8205(link is external), Detaining the Disadvantaged Act. Ramirez's decisions came after carefully analyzing that the legislation fails to address public safety or economic inequity, instead benefiting insurers and the corporate for-profit bail industry. "Today mark  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) voted this evening against a short-term spending compromise that funds the government through December 20th while stripping out a provision requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Bost voted last week for a package that would have funded government until March 20th of next year while implementing SAVE Act reforms to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. "There a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, the bipartisan National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act, introduced by Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Max Miller (R-OH), passed out of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. This legislation reauthorizes the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program through Fiscal Year 2029, providing critical funding for the program to conti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) joined activist around the country calling on the Missouri Supreme Court to step in and spare the life of an innocent man set to be executed tonight, Marcellus Williams. Williams was convicted in 2001 of killing Felicia Gayle in 1998. The top Prosecutor fought to have his conviction repealed based on new evidence.The family of the woman he  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a bipartisan interim report detailing significant security failures by the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) during the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report, led by Senators Gary  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinksi (IL-13) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) introduced the Improving Veterans Experience Act to codify the Veterans Experience Office (VEO) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VEO, established in 2015, gathers feedback directly from veterans, their families and caregivers on their experience with VA services. The VEO has been c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Anthony J. Brindisi, nominated to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York; Elizabeth C. Coombe, nominated to be a United S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Sarah Morgan Davenport, nominated to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, about her unique background. Durbin also began his remarks by highlighting the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: MOLINE, IL Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced $12,269,860 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for safety and infrastructure upgrades at Chicago-Rockford International Airport (RFD) in Rockford, the Quad Cities International Airport in Rock Island County, and the Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in McLean County. "Too many of my neighbors across Central and Northwestern Ill  more