WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Budzinski Hosts Clean Energy Roundtable for Second Stop on the "New Dems on the Road" Tour EDWARDSVILLE, IL -- Today, the New Democrat Coalition made a second stop on the New Dems on the Road Tour, an initiative spearheaded by Vice Chair for Policy Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) to get New Dem Members out of Washington to hear from American workers, businesses, industry experts, nongovernmental organizati  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Budzinski Statement on Appointment of David P. Steiner as Postmaster General SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement on the selection of David P. Steiner as the new United States Postmaster General. The Postmaster General is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service and is responsible for managing and directing the day-t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Budzinski, Durbin, Duckworth Announce Final Segment of Springfield Rail Improvements Project Can Move Forward WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fully obligated $157,126,494 in federal funding for the final segment of the Sprin  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Budzinski, Kim Express Support for Women Veterans Research WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins expressing their support for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue health research focused on women veterans. This week marks VA Research Week and celebrates the 100th  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out Republicans' Plan to Strip Health Care From Millions Of Americans In Largest Cut To Medicaid In American History May 12, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin slams Republicans' plan to slash Medicaid and potentially kick 14 million Americans off their insurance, to pay for tax breaks for billionaires WASHINGTON - Following the release of a non-partisan Congressional   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers May 13, 2025 Today's hearing will investigate the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an openin  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Today's hearing will investigate the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Sen  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Meets With Chief Of Air Force Reserve May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today met with Lt. Gen. John Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, to discuss military readiness and supporting the mission of the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base. Over the last four years, Durbin has p  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Durbin Questions Witnesses In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Today's hearing investigated the role PBMs play in the drug supply chain and their impact on competition, patients, providers, & pharmacies WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judicia  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues File Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Attempts To Dismantle The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and 41 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce Final Segment Of Springfield Rail Improvements Project Can Move Forward May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON --U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fully obligated $157,126,494 in federal funding for the   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi and Moulton Lead More Than 100 Democrats in Opposing Cuts to 988's Specialized Services for LGBTQ+ Youth WASHINGTON - Today, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) joined in leading 107 House Democrats in calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump to scrap plans that would cut funding for the special  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- 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 on May 13, 2025: * * * Krishnamoorthi Raises Alarm Over Potential U.S. Tech Deals with UAE and Saudi Arabia That Could Risk Transfer of Advanced Chips to China WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Comp  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- 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 Responds to China Tariff Pause WASHINGTON - In response to this Administration's temporary suspension of certain tariffs on Chinese goods, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United State  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Foster Leads over 100 Colleagues in Demanding Answers on National Science Foundation Funding Freeze Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congress' only PhD physicist, led 112 Members of Congress in expressing their concern with the Trump Administration's directive for the National Science Foundation to freeze all grant funding. In a letter to President Trump, the Members wrote: "  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 5, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of a beloved institution, the Harlem Globetrotters. Their centennial will be in 2026 and will mark 100 years of entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world. The Harlem Globetrotters were founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1926 by Abe Saperstein a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly: 'Cuts to Medicaid aren't about saving taxpayer money' House Republicans push $880 billion cut to Medicaid through Energy and Commerce Committee WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, is committed to protecting Medicaid. Today, Republicans on the committee will try to pass $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on May 12, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, last week, hospital leaders from every corner of my State of Illinois came to Washington. What was the reason for the trip? The debate in Washington about the future of Medicaid. Each and every one of them, from the city of Chicago through the  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Underwood Introduces Legislation to Make Fertility Treatments More Affordable and Accessible WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) has introduced the Health Savings and Affordability for Fertility Act, legislation to expand eligible fertility treatment and care allowable under Health Savings Accounts (HSA), making fertility treatments more affordable and accessible for famili  more