WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * BOST APPLAUDS VA PHASE OUT OF TRANSGENDER TREATMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, released the following statement today regarding VA Secretary Doug Collins' announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will phase out medical transgender treatments: . "The Department of Veterans Affairs   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten, Klobuchar, Johnson, Peters Introduce Bill to Combat Use of Dangerous Gun Modifications Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (D-IL-06) and Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Gary Peters (D-MI), introduced legislation to combat the increased use and proliferation of dangerous gun conversion devices. The Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act wou  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Colleagues To Raise Concerns About How Great Lakes Will Be Impacted By NOAA Firings March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with six of their colleagues, in pressing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for more information about the termination of probationary staff and the  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Schiff, Senate Democrats In Demanding USDA Reverse $1 Billion In Canceled Local Food Purchases For Schools, Farmers March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with 29 Senators, sent a letter demanding a reversal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) c  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Padilla, Booker, Welch Statement On Trump Invoking The Alien Enemies Act To Target Immigrants Without Due Process March 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement after President Trump inv  more