WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to make it easier for parents to safely embark on air travel with breast milk and breastfeeding supplies unanimously passed the U.S. Senate this week. The Senator's Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening (BABES) Enhancement Act, co-led by U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), would require the Transportation  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [CHICAGO, IL] U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $222,400 in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through the ArtsHERE grant program for two Illinois organizations. Free Spirit Media, which works with young creators primarily from the West and South sides of Chicago, will receive $110,000 for their Reimagining Evaluat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin has continuously expressed his support for Dr. Yunus, who now faces a historic moment as Bangladesh's interim leader NEW YORK U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was recently selected to lead the Bangladeshi caretaker government following the resignation of former authoritarian Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Durbin first  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: President Biden signed the SIREN Reauthorization Act into law yesterday, extending funding for SIREN Act grants to support fire and EMS agencies in rural communities 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), today praised President Biden for signing their bipartisan SIREN Reaut  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $222,400 in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through the ArtsHERE grant program for two Illinois organizations. Free Spirit Media, which works with young creators primarily from the West and South sides of Chicago, will receive $110,000 for their Reimagining Evaluation   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation extends funding for public health efforts at CDC to improve childhood survival, prevent premature death and disability, and increase quality of life for Americans born with hearth defects Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) celebrated U.S. Senate passage of their Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act, which will now head to the Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The Fall of ESG: Scrutinizing the Failed Use of Environmental, Social, & Governance Standards and the Influence of Proxy Advisors": * * * Good afternoon. My name is Michael Frerichs, and I serve the people of Illinois as their State Treasurer. I am the state's Chief Investment an  more