WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined officials from CountyCare, Cook County Health, and the Cook County Department of Public Health to unveil new proactive measures taken by all five Medicaid managed care insurance companies (MCOs) in Illinois in response to a request by Durbin and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to address lead poisoning risks to children in Chicagola  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SCHAUMBURG, IL Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) has sent a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting a briefing on the rise in harassment and violence against Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh, especially following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and reports of violence and intimidation leading up to Bangladesh's largest Hindu fest  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-IL-04), Danny Davis (D-IL-07) and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), announcedthat the Illinois Department of Transportation will receive$15,805,600 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for improvements to the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Forest Park Branch. This track modernizat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: LINCOLNSHIRE, IL Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair and co-founder of the bipartisan, bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement in response to the reported death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: "Yahya Sinwar is dead. "I continue to pray for an end to the fighting in Gaza and a better future for both Palestinians and Israel  more