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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. Dick Durbin, ...
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. Robin Kelly, ...
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. Darin LaHood, ...
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
Sept. 19, 2019 Hearing of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Schakowsky, Hearing on Protecting Consumers from Pharmaceutical Market Gaming Tactics Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Duckworth, Booker, Hirono Introduce Bill To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Cotton, Duckworth Bill to Help More Families of Fallen Service Members Travel to Dover Air Force Base Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "Don't mistake today's discharges as a sign of empathy for defrauded student borrowers by @BetsyDeVosED. At the same time that she's providing discharges for ITT borrowers, she's also busy gutting the borrower defense rule." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "We can't let President Trump stumble into a war with Iran on behalf of the Saudis. Another war in the Middle East would be ruinous for everyone involved." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin Statement On Closed School Discharges For Former ITT Tech Students Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "8 deaths now from vaping. @US_FDA stop dragging your feet -- regulate these products. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - ".@US_FDA are you seeing this? No more time to wait -- we need to regulate these devices and get kid-friendly flavors off the market immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "With 5M+ teens vaping, we must use all tools to confront this youth vaping epidemic. My Tobacco Tax Equity Act will establish the first federal e-cigarette tax & end tobacco tax loopholes that have been exploited for too long. Read about my bill here:" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "Proud to join @CongressmanRaja and @RepPeteKing in leading the bipartisan, bicameral Caucus to #EndYouthVaping. Like Big Tobacco before them, #VapingTargetsKids for a reason. They're trying to hook an entire generation on nicotine. We must not allow that to happen." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "I constantly hear from farmers & rural Illinoisans about serious transportation infrastructure needs in their communities. Today, I introduced the bipartisan Rural Economic Infrastructure Equity Act with @SenatorBraun to create a new office w/in @USDOT to focus on these issues." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - ".@Gulalai_Ismail risked her life to advocate for the rights of women in Pakistan, and was forced to flee her home as a result. Human rights defenders like her -- and her family -- should be celebrated and not attacked or harassed." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin: Appropriations Bills Provide Critical Funding For Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. In the last 2 years, the number of children using e-cigarettes has more than doubled. Today, more than 1 in 4 high-schoolers are vaping. And 10% of middle-schoolers are. @US_FDA must not drag their feet any longer. Ban e-cig flavors now to protect our kids." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin Statement On Failed Vote To Proceed To Senate Appropriations Funding Bills Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Create Rural Infrastructure Office Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reduce Youth Tobacco Use & Vaping Epidemic Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 CNN "Erin Burnett Out Front" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to Donald Trump, The President - Katie Hill Leads Letter Urging President Trump to Prioritize Climate in Renegotiated NAFTA Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "It's time to start taxing e-cigs. The single best way to keep these products out of the hands of kids is to price it out of their range. That's why we passed taxes on cigarettes years ago, & it's why I'm introducing a bill later today to start doing the same to e-cigarettes." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
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.Dick Durbin, ...
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.Robin Kelly, ...
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.Darin LaHood, ...
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
Sept. 19, 2019 Hearing of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Schakowsky, Hearing on Protecting Consumers from Pharmaceutical Market Gaming Tactics Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Duckworth, Booker, Hirono Introduce Bill To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Cotton, Duckworth Bill to Help More Families of Fallen Service Members Travel to Dover Air Force Base Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "Don't mistake today's discharges as a sign of empathy for defrauded student borrowers by @BetsyDeVosED. At the same time that she's providing discharges for ITT borrowers, she's also busy gutting the borrower defense rule." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "We can't let President Trump stumble into a war with Iran on behalf of the Saudis. Another war in the Middle East would be ruinous for everyone involved." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin Statement On Closed School Discharges For Former ITT Tech Students Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "8 deaths now from vaping. @US_FDA stop dragging your feet -- regulate these products. #VapingTargetsKids" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - ".@US_FDA are you seeing this? No more time to wait -- we need to regulate these devices and get kid-friendly flavors off the market immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "With 5M+ teens vaping, we must use all tools to confront this youth vaping epidemic. My Tobacco Tax Equity Act will establish the first federal e-cigarette tax & end tobacco tax loopholes that have been exploited for too long. Read about my bill here:" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "Proud to join @CongressmanRaja and @RepPeteKing in leading the bipartisan, bicameral Caucus to #EndYouthVaping. Like Big Tobacco before them, #VapingTargetsKids for a reason. They're trying to hook an entire generation on nicotine. We must not allow that to happen." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "I constantly hear from farmers & rural Illinoisans about serious transportation infrastructure needs in their communities. Today, I introduced the bipartisan Rural Economic Infrastructure Equity Act with @SenatorBraun to create a new office w/in @USDOT to focus on these issues." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - ".@Gulalai_Ismail risked her life to advocate for the rights of women in Pakistan, and was forced to flee her home as a result. Human rights defenders like her -- and her family -- should be celebrated and not attacked or harassed." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin: Appropriations Bills Provide Critical Funding For Illinois Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "#VapingTargetsKids. In the last 2 years, the number of children using e-cigarettes has more than doubled. Today, more than 1 in 4 high-schoolers are vaping. And 10% of middle-schoolers are. @US_FDA must not drag their feet any longer. Ban e-cig flavors now to protect our kids." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin Statement On Failed Vote To Proceed To Senate Appropriations Funding Bills Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Create Rural Infrastructure Office Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reduce Youth Tobacco Use & Vaping Epidemic Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 CNN "Erin Burnett Out Front" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to Donald Trump, The President - Katie Hill Leads Letter Urging President Trump to Prioritize Climate in Renegotiated NAFTA Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Tweet - "It's time to start taxing e-cigs. The single best way to keep these products out of the hands of kids is to price it out of their range. That's why we passed taxes on cigarettes years ago, & it's why I'm introducing a bill later today to start doing the same to e-cigarettes." Sen.Dick Durbin
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