WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Biden's Budget Mess: VA IG Confirms House Republicans Fears on Fake VA Budget Shortfall Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled, "Review of VA's $2.9 Billion   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Biden's Budget Mess: VA IG Confirms House Republicans Fears on Fake VA Budget Shortfall Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled, "Review of VA's $2.9 Billion   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Krishnamoorthi joins with Ranking Member Frank Pallone and Congresswoman Emilia Skyes to Reintroduce the INFANTS Act to Address Levels of Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food WASHINGTON - On Thursday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined with Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (D-OH) and Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in r  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out Trump's Cuts To USDA While At Nourishing Hope Food Pantry March 28, 2025 CHICAGO -- U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined leaders at Nourishing Hope's Chicago headquarters to discuss the impact of the Trump Administration's cuts to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on food pantries and their ability to serve their communities. USDA ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Durbin Meets With American Business Immigration Coalition To Discuss Work Permits For Immigrant Workers, Citizenship For Dreamers WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with members of the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) to discuss  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Meets With Federal Bar Association Amid Trump Administration Attacks On Judicial System WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after meeting with members of the nonpartisan Federal Bar Association in his office: "I was grateful to me  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Confirmation Of Aaron Reitz, Trump's Pick To Be Assistant AG For The Office Of Legal Policy March 27, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Aaron Reitz, President Trump's nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Le  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Confirmation Of Aaron Reitz, Trump's Pick To Be Assistant AG For The Office Of Legal Policy WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Aaron Reitz, President Trump's nominee for Assistant Atto  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Voices His Opposition To Trump Admin's Proposed Cuts At USPS During Meeting With National Association Of Letter Carriers March 27, 2025 Durbin met with the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers in his Washington office today WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Letter   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Booker To Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act March 28, 2025 The legislation would require the release of illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by USDA WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Shaheen In Push To Overturn Citizens United Ruling March 28, 2025 Legislation would rid American elections of dark money & excessive corporate campaign spending WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and 37 Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Shaheen In Push To Overturn Citizens United Ruling Legislation would rid American elections of dark money & excessive corporate campaign spending WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Jeann  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Raskin, House And Senate Democrats Urge Attorney General Bondi To Reserve Course On Unjustified Firings Of Immigration Judges The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHIN  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Raskin, House And Senate Democrats Urge Attorney General Bondi To Reverse Course On Unjustified Firings Of Immigration Judges March 28, 2025 The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Wh  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senate Judiciary Democrats Send Letter To Deputy Director Bongino Raising Concerns Over His Ability To Lead The FBI March 28, 2025 Senators to FBI Deputy Director Bongino: "As the newly appointed Deputy Director, your past public statements raise concerns about your ability to impartially lead the Bureau and credibly command the respect of its workforce" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate De  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senate Judiciary Democrats Send Letter To Deputy Director Bongino Raising Concerns Over His Ability To Lead The FBI WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Adam Schiff (D-C  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Sorenson, Murkowski Lead Bipartisan Call For Continued Support For Defense Communities March 28, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17), along with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and U.S. Representative Blake Moore (R-UT-01), today led a bipartisan letter urging Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to maintain  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi on Executive Orders Targeting Lawyers: Beijing Called and Wants Their Playbook Back WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP, released the f  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * LaHood, Sorensen Reintroduce Bill to Rename Post Office After Rockford Letter Carrier Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) reintroduced legislation to dedicate the Harrison Avenue Post Office in Rockford in honor of letter carrier Jay Larson, who served the Rockford community for 25 years. Mr. Larson died exactly one year ago, on March 27t  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Quigley, Schatz, Frankel, Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration To Reverse Illegal Gutting Of U.S. Agency For Global Media U.S. Repreesentative Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) signed a letter led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and U.S. Representative Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriat  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Warren, Lawmakers Press Trump on Illegal FTC Firings, Demand Commissioners be Reinstated "These purported firings threaten the FTC's existence as an independent enforcement agency and pave the way for you to use the FTC as a tool for partisan retribution." Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Sub  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * SCHNEIDER, WAYS & MEANS DEMS SEEK TO REIN IN TRUMP'S UNILATERAL TARIFF AUTHORITIES WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with fellow committee members Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), today introduced the Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act which wo  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on March 27, 2025: * * * Mr. President, some people come to Congress to check a box, collect a credential, and then head to where the big bucks are: lobbying firms. For others, working as a Capitol Hill staffer is part of a lifetime of public service. Kevin Cronin was one of the latter types. He believed in public service, and I consider myself lucky that Kevin chose to work for me. It was during m  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following floor remarks on March 27, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I rise today to honor Buck Smith of Saint Louis, MO, for being an advocate of Missourians with disabilities for more than 30 years. In 1994, Buck Smith and a group of friends hosted their first game of what would become St. Louis Challenger Baseball. While the effort began at a small scale, Challenger Baseball would eventually grow to include 60 teams and 600 playe  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Sorensen Leads Bipartisan Effort to Secure Continued Support for Defense Communities WASHINGTON, DC - Congressmen Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Blake Moore (UT-01) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) led a bipartisan letter urging Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to maintain support for the Department of Defense's Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC). The OLDCC administers crucial progr  more