WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Kim Lead Members of NJ Congressional Delegation in Letter to PJM Interconnection (PJM) Raising Serious Concerns over Rate Increase Impacting New Jersey Families NEWARK, N.J. - This afternoon, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) led a letter alongside seven members of New Jersey's congressional delegation to PJM Interconnection (PJM), New Jersey's regional transmission organization  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 2, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Applied Solutions Logistics LLC,** Kansas City, Missouri, has been awarded a maximum $114,000,000 hybrid firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursement, no-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for warehousing and operations support services. This was a competitive acquisition with four responses received. This is a five-year contr  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Amps Up Oversight Of Trump Administration's Immigration Detention Expansion May 01, 2025 Durbin cites reports of detainee mistreatment, inadequate medical care, overcrowding in letters to three major private detention contractors, DHS, DOD, and GAO WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, escalated congression  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2025: * * * Durbin Demands Attorney General Bondi Recuse Herself From Any Work Benefitting Prison Company Due To Conflicts Of Interest Durbin cites Bondi's previous representation of GEO Group and her current role overseeing DOJ's immigration enforcement efforts, builds on his amped up Congressional oversight of Trump Administration's immigrati  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Demands Attorney General Bondi To Recuse Herself From Any Work Benefitting Private Prison Company Due To Conflicts Of Interest May 02, 2025 Durbin cites Bondi's previous representation of GEO Group and her current role overseeing DOJ's immigration enforcement efforts, builds on his amped up Congressional oversight of Trump Administration's immigration detention agenda CHICAGO - Today,   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Discusses Impact Of Trump's Tariffs On Chicago Small Businesses Owners May 02, 2025 CHICAGO-- U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined small business owners in Lincoln Park to discuss the impacts of President Trump's tariffs. "The Trump Tariffs are already driving up costs for manufacturers, disrupting our supply chains, and inspiring retaliatory tariffs, which will   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Warren, Colleagues In Pressing Trump Administration On Impact Of Mass Firings At Consumer Financial Protection Bureau May 01, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and 39 other Democratic Senators in a letter to Consumer Financial Protec  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Shares The Story Of The Dream Act At Hispanic Association Of Colleges and Universities Forum May 01, 2025 In his remarks, Durbin spoke about Tereza Lee, the first Dreamer WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the Dream Act, today delivered remarks at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universiti  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Law Day And The Importance Of The Rule Of Law May 01, 2025 WASHINGTON - On Law Day, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in support of #ReaffirmTheOath--a grassroots effort that calls upon lawyers nationwide to publicly renew their commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On President Trump's Budget Proposal May 02, 2025 The proposal continues President Trump's petulant, destructive efforts to slash critical public health funding and foreign aid assistance CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump's abysmal budget proposal  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On President Trump's Executive Order To End Federal Funds For NPR And PBS May 02, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) through the Corporation for Public Broadca  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Senate Republicans' Support Of Social Security Administration Nominee Who Will Gut Agency, Prevent Americans From Accessing Benefits May 01, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after he voted against moving forward with the nomination of Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA): "As  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban May 01, 2025 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. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) in the bicameral reintroduction of the Assault Weapons Ban  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * During A Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting, Durbin Continued To Raise Serious Concerns Over Ed Martin's Nomination May 01, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an opening statement during the Senate Judiciary Committee's executive business meeting where he continued to raise his serious   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 2 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Illinois Celebrates World Trade Month 2024 Exports Reach All-Time High and Represent a 32 Percent Increase from Pre-Pandemic levels in 2019 CHICAGO - This May, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is celebrating World Trade Month. According to rankings by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Illinois continues to lead as the top exporting state in Midwest and the  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Illinois Corn Growers Association (IL Corn) has called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department to urgently finalize guidance on the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, emphasizing the need for immediate inclusion of climate-smart agricultural practices. In a letter dated April 9, 2025, IL Corn stressed the time-sensitive nature of these decisions for farmers. Representing 50,000 farmers across Illinois, IL Corn highlighted the long lead t  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following report (No. 2024-CGD-030) on February 13, 2025 entitled "Risks Identified for U.S. Department of the Interior Grants Awarded to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources." Here is the memorandum: * * * To: Andrea L. Brandon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisition From: Kathleen Sedney, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations Subject: Final Management Advisory  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) has expressed concern over the recent rise in measles cases across the United States, urging continued support for strong immunization systems. In comments submitted to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the IPHA highlighted the severity of the outbreak, noting that, "As of April 3, 2025, CDC reports a total of 607 confirmed measles cases were reported by 22 jurisdictions." The IPHA emphasized the safety an  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The National Association of Scholars (NAS) issued a report, "Ideological Insistence: A Quantitative Study of DEI Statements in American University Job Listings," in March 2025, revealing that 86 out of 98 American universities investigated require diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements for at least some job positions. The study analyzed over 23,000 job listings across 89 public universities in 11 states, the eight Ivy League institutions, and MIT. The NAS report,  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on May 1, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to yet another decision by the Trump administration that puts Americans' lives at risk. On April 1, 2025, almost the entire Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics, a department of the CDC established to comba  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces New State Directors for the Farm Service Agency and Rural Development (Washington, D.C., May 2, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) State Director roles. "When America's farming communities prosper, the entire nation thrives. This  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Joins Senators Young and Cantwell Introducing Legislation to Address Housing Affordability Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Indiana) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) in introducing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, which would expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and provide more affor  more