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Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Lead Push for Oversight Against Wall Street Corruption in Puerto Rico
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Resolution Recognizing September as "National Suicide Prevention Month"
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of US Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Sen. Coons, Judiciary Committee colleagues: committee must investigate whistleblower report
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Foster Statement on Opening of Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Bill Foster
Sept. 24, 2019
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Impeachment Investigation
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Sept. 24, 2019
Schneider Calls for Articles of Impeachment
Rep. Brad Schneider
Sept. 24, 2019
Casten Doubles Down on Need for Impeachment Inquiry After Troubling Details About Trump's Conversation with Ukrainian President Emerge
Rep. Sean Casten
Sept. 24, 2019
Congressman Jesús "Chuy" Garcia's Statement on the Beginning of Official Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Chuy Garcia
Sept. 24, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Protection for SEC, CFTC Whistleblowers
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Tweet - "More American troops to the Saudi peninsula is a dangerous escalation. Not enough troops to make a difference & too many American lives at risk. Pres. Trump's Iran strategy goes from bad to worse."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Executive Session
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Durbin Meets With Normal Mayor Chris Koos
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. David Cornstein, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary - Durbin, Engel, Leahy, Malinowski Call For U.S. Ambassador To Hungary To Uphold American Democratic & Security Norms
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Tweet - "Today, I am calling for the initiation of a formal impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives of President Donald Trump."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Durbin Meets With Illinois Manufacturing Association To Discuss Trade And Workforce Development
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Bost Statement on Pelosi Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Mike Bost
Sept. 24, 2019
Rep. Quigley Statement on House Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Mike Quigley
Sept. 23, 2019
Cantwell Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Establishing "National Clean Energy Week"
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Mathews" - Transcript: "Trump admits discussing Biden."
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - All Committee Democrats to Secretary Perdue: Proposed Rule Strips Free School Meals from More Than 500,000 Low-Income Children
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Another weekend of tragic gun violence in Chicago. The House did its job and passed commonsense gun safety reforms over 200 days ago. Leader McConnell has yet to even call a vote. The Senate must be better than this."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Today at the UN #ClimateActionSummit, leaders from around the world are coming together to discuss their goals for combatting climate change on a global scale. The U.S. should be taking the lead in this fight -- sadly, our President refuses to accept the proven science behind it."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Over 200 days ago the House passed a bipartisan background check bill, but the Senate has yet to call a vote on the bill. Today at @SinaiChicago I called on the Senate to stand with the 90 percent of Americans who support background checks and take action on gun violence."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposal to Take Away Food Assistance from Millions of Americans
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth Announce Nearly $5 Million To Increase Substance Use Disorder Treatments
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "The details in this story are disturbing, but unsurprising. For far too long, we've allowed e-cigarettes companies like JUUL to target our children with their dangerous and addictive products. This is the result. #VapingTargetsKids"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Congressman García: ICE is Declaring War on Our Neighborhoods
Rep. Chuy Garcia
Sept. 23, 2019
Casten, Booker, Gillibrand, and Kennedy Introduce Legislation Banning Inequitable Calculations of Civil Damages
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 21, 2019
Tweet - "Grateful that the Chicago police officer shot this morning and two other officers hurt in a separate incident are all recovering from their injuries."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services - Funds for Substance Use Disorder
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Iowa Delegation, Bipartisan Members Send Letter to EPA on Biofuel Waivers
Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Butterfield introduces bill to support children with Cancer and other rare diseases
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. It's time we get e-cigs off the market until we find out if they're actually safe or not. Today, Walmart is stepping up and ending e-cig sales - as I urged them to do in Feb. I hope they soon remove another dangerous product from their shelves: cigarettes."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Celebrating REACH Program
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Recognizing the Ieee Women in Engineering Ai Leadership Summit
Rep. Bill Foster
Sept. 20, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Introduce Resolution To Protect Ambitious National Fuel Economy And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Great to see @CBS, @WarnerMediaGrp, and @Viacom drop the misleading ads for e-cigarette companies like JUUL. #VapingTargetsKids with these ads, so this is an important step towards keeping these dangerous and addictive products out of the hands of our children."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "We cannot afford to put off addressing climate change any longer. The science is clear, this is an existential threat to our nation and to the world. Climate change deniers -- like our President -- must accept that fact. Our very existence is at stake. #ClimateStrike #ActOnClimate"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "AFTERNOON READ: A great story about Nasir Zakaria, who I've had the privilege of meeting. Nasir is a Rohingya, and was able to come to the U.S. via a refugee resettlement program in 2013 before becoming a citizen this past summer. Congratulations, Nasir!"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "With 500+ cases of vaping-related illnesses and now 8 deaths, this can't wait any longer. I'm joining @lisamurkowski, @SenJeffMerkley, & @SenBlumenthal in urging the @US_FDA to pull unapproved, kid-popular e-cigarette devices from the market, unless or until they are proven safe."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Wall Street Journal writes that Trump was pressuring the Ukrainian President to cooperate with Rudy Giuliani and investigate Joe Biden and his son. We do know the Administration refused to release Ukrainian security funds..."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "It's only right that we recognize the public service of adjunct professors & share access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a benefit available to their full-time colleagues. Proud to work with @SenDuckworth, @maziehirono, & @SenBooker to expand student debt relief."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Durbin, Bipartisan Senators Urge FDA To Remove All Pod- And Cartridge Based E-Cigarettes From Market Until They Can Be Proven Safe
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Wyden Urges FCC to Reject Plans that Imperil the Universal Service Fund
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Underwood Statement Following Drug Pricing Meeting With HHS Secretary Azar
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Sept. 19, 2019
Reps. Foster and Takano, Sens. Hirono and Tillis Introduce the Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement Act
Rep. Bill Foster
Sept. 19, 2019
50+ Members Launch Bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Tweet - "Although #ChildMortality is declining, the world still lost 5.3 million children under 5 last year, mostly from preventable or treatable causes. That's why I support continued US leadership for maternal, newborn, & child health programs around the world."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019
Tweet - "I am proud to secure federal funding for Illinois in the bills that passed the Senate Appropriations Committee today. Today's bills fund important functions and programs within our government and in Illinois. I hope the full Senate considers them quickly."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
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Politician
Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico - Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Lead Push for Oversight Against Wall Street Corruption in Puerto Rico
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Resolution Recognizing September as "National Suicide Prevention Month"
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of US Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Sen. Coons, Judiciary Committee colleagues: committee must investigate whistleblower report
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Foster Statement on Opening of Impeachment Inquiry
Rep.Bill Foster
Sept. 24, 2019
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Impeachment Investigation
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Sept. 24, 2019
Schneider Calls for Articles of Impeachment
Rep.Brad Schneider
Sept. 24, 2019
Casten Doubles Down on Need for Impeachment Inquiry After Troubling Details About Trump's Conversation with Ukrainian President Emerge
Rep.Sean Casten
Sept. 24, 2019
Congressman Jesús "Chuy" Garcia's Statement on the Beginning of Official Impeachment Inquiry
Rep.Chuy Garcia
Sept. 24, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Protection for SEC, CFTC Whistleblowers
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Tweet - "More American troops to the Saudi peninsula is a dangerous escalation. Not enough troops to make a difference & too many American lives at risk. Pres. Trump's Iran strategy goes from bad to worse."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Executive Session
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Durbin Meets With Normal Mayor Chris Koos
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. David Cornstein, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary - Durbin, Engel, Leahy, Malinowski Call For U.S. Ambassador To Hungary To Uphold American Democratic & Security Norms
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Tweet - "Today, I am calling for the initiation of a formal impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives of President Donald Trump."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Durbin Meets With Illinois Manufacturing Association To Discuss Trade And Workforce Development
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 24, 2019
Bost Statement on Pelosi Impeachment Inquiry
Rep.Mike Bost
Sept. 24, 2019
Rep. Quigley Statement on House Impeachment Inquiry
Rep.Mike Quigley
Sept. 23, 2019
Cantwell Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Establishing "National Clean Energy Week"
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Mathews" - Transcript: "Trump admits discussing Biden."
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - All Committee Democrats to Secretary Perdue: Proposed Rule Strips Free School Meals from More Than 500,000 Low-Income Children
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Another weekend of tragic gun violence in Chicago. The House did its job and passed commonsense gun safety reforms over 200 days ago. Leader McConnell has yet to even call a vote. The Senate must be better than this."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Today at the UN #ClimateActionSummit, leaders from around the world are coming together to discuss their goals for combatting climate change on a global scale. The U.S. should be taking the lead in this fight -- sadly, our President refuses to accept the proven science behind it."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "Over 200 days ago the House passed a bipartisan background check bill, but the Senate has yet to call a vote on the bill. Today at @SinaiChicago I called on the Senate to stand with the 90 percent of Americans who support background checks and take action on gun violence."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposal to Take Away Food Assistance from Millions of Americans
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth Announce Nearly $5 Million To Increase Substance Use Disorder Treatments
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Tweet - "The details in this story are disturbing, but unsurprising. For far too long, we've allowed e-cigarettes companies like JUUL to target our children with their dangerous and addictive products. This is the result. #VapingTargetsKids"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2019
Congressman García: ICE is Declaring War on Our Neighborhoods
Rep.Chuy Garcia
Sept. 23, 2019
Casten, Booker, Gillibrand, and Kennedy Introduce Legislation Banning Inequitable Calculations of Civil Damages
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Sept. 23, 2019
Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 21, 2019
Tweet - "Grateful that the Chicago police officer shot this morning and two other officers hurt in a separate incident are all recovering from their injuries."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services - Funds for Substance Use Disorder
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Iowa Delegation, Bipartisan Members Send Letter to EPA on Biofuel Waivers
Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Butterfield introduces bill to support children with Cancer and other rare diseases
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. It's time we get e-cigs off the market until we find out if they're actually safe or not. Today, Walmart is stepping up and ending e-cig sales - as I urged them to do in Feb. I hope they soon remove another dangerous product from their shelves: cigarettes."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Celebrating REACH Program
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Recognizing the Ieee Women in Engineering Ai Leadership Summit
Rep.Bill Foster
Sept. 20, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Introduce Resolution To Protect Ambitious National Fuel Economy And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Great to see @CBS, @WarnerMediaGrp, and @Viacom drop the misleading ads for e-cigarette companies like JUUL. #VapingTargetsKids with these ads, so this is an important step towards keeping these dangerous and addictive products out of the hands of our children."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "We cannot afford to put off addressing climate change any longer. The science is clear, this is an existential threat to our nation and to the world. Climate change deniers -- like our President -- must accept that fact. Our very existence is at stake. #ClimateStrike #ActOnClimate"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "AFTERNOON READ: A great story about Nasir Zakaria, who I've had the privilege of meeting. Nasir is a Rohingya, and was able to come to the U.S. via a refugee resettlement program in 2013 before becoming a citizen this past summer. Congratulations, Nasir!"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "With 500+ cases of vaping-related illnesses and now 8 deaths, this can't wait any longer. I'm joining @lisamurkowski, @SenJeffMerkley, & @SenBlumenthal in urging the @US_FDA to pull unapproved, kid-popular e-cigarette devices from the market, unless or until they are proven safe."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Wall Street Journal writes that Trump was pressuring the Ukrainian President to cooperate with Rudy Giuliani and investigate Joe Biden and his son. We do know the Administration refused to release Ukrainian security funds..."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Tweet - "It's only right that we recognize the public service of adjunct professors & share access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a benefit available to their full-time colleagues. Proud to work with @SenDuckworth, @maziehirono, & @SenBooker to expand student debt relief."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Durbin, Bipartisan Senators Urge FDA To Remove All Pod- And Cartridge Based E-Cigarettes From Market Until They Can Be Proven Safe
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Wyden Urges FCC to Reject Plans that Imperil the Universal Service Fund
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Underwood Statement Following Drug Pricing Meeting With HHS Secretary Azar
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Sept. 19, 2019
Reps. Foster and Takano, Sens. Hirono and Tillis Introduce the Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement Act
Rep.Bill Foster
Sept. 19, 2019
50+ Members Launch Bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019
Tweet - "Although #ChildMortality is declining, the world still lost 5.3 million children under 5 last year, mostly from preventable or treatable causes. That's why I support continued US leadership for maternal, newborn, & child health programs around the world."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019
Tweet - "I am proud to secure federal funding for Illinois in the bills that passed the Senate Appropriations Committee today. Today's bills fund important functions and programs within our government and in Illinois. I hope the full Senate considers them quickly."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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