WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Krishnamoorthi Meets with Chicagoland Community College Leaders to Discuss Workforce Development for Critical Sectors Across Illinois CHICAGO - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) brought together leaders, educators, and students from eight Chicagoland community colleges at Harry S Truman College for a roundtable discussion on expanding access to career and technical ed  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Sorensen Helps Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Local Law Enforcement Across the Country The Bipartisan Bill Supports Small to Midsize Police Departments by Providing Resources to Improve Officer Recruitment, Retention, Mental Health, and Training Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) helped introduce the bipartisan Invest to Protect to support small and midsize police departments wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Leads Colleagues in Condemning Trump and Hegseth's Trans Military Service Ban April 22, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Veterans' Affairs (SVAC) Committees--led 13 of her fellow Senate Democratic colleagues in condemning President Trump's un-American, unconstitutional t  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis April 21, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement honoring the passing of Pope Francis: "Pope Francis was a pillar of the Catholic Church, a beacon of hope, compassion and light in times of fear, hatred and darkness. Throughout his life, he taught us that in order to be great, we hav  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Secretary of State Rubio Announcing "Sweeping Reorganization" At The State Department April 22, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan to significantly reorganize the State Department, including targeting human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and d  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On The Passing Of Pope Francis April 21, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement regarding the passing of Pope Francis: "We have lost the messenger, but we must hold fast to the message of Pope Francis to love and respect one another. In a world of hate and fear, Pope Francis' message of peace and understanding i  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Merkley, Blumenthal, Markey: President Trump's Cuts To Tobacco Prevention Will Make Americans Sicker & Cause More Tobacco-Related Deaths, Diseases April 21, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today slammed the Trump Administration for staffing cuts at the U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To A Foreign Prison April 22, 2025 In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committ  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To a Foreign Prison In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-I  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * LaHood, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce National Home Visiting Resolution Peoria, Illinois - Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) - Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare - introduced a resolution to designate the week of April 21 through April 25, 2025, as National Home Visiting Week. This resolution highlights the important role the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * ON EARTH DAY, CASTEN, SCHATZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THE COSTS AND FINANCIAL RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-06) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) introduced the Climate Change Financial Risk Act, legislation that directs the Federal Reserve to conduct stress tests on large financial institutions to measure their resilience to climate  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, Henry Peter Brougham once said, "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave." The Trump Administration's deliberate evisceration of education-from preschool to higher education-is a dangerous attack on our democracy that will damage our people, c  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, as a policymaker and citizen, I unconditionally and absolutely reject President Trump's and Elon Musk's work to steal American's Social Security benefits, a scheme that hurts middle-class and working-class families and seniors to pay for tax handouts to billionaires. When Americans already face increased p  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Mr. Thomas Frisbie on his retirement, after an extraordinary career as an award-winning writer and editor. Since 1976 Mr. Frisbie has, as he likes to say "held almost every job at the Chicago Sun-Times besides editor". His commitment to bringing Chicago the news ha  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Underwood, Fetterman, Sherrill, Titus, Cherfilus-McCormick Lead Legislation to Improve Access to Contraception Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Dina Titus (NV-01), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Convenient Contraception Act, legislation that would improve access to contraceptive products, including over-the-c  more