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July 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Illinois Congressional Delegation Urges USDA To Support State's Request For Disaster Declaration
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 8, 2019
Letter to Steven Dillingham, Director and Census Bureau - Murray, Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Communities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2019
Tweet - "I've always believed that it's impossible to understand the issues facing our criminal justice system without seeing prisons firsthand. That's why I'd urge my fellow lawmakers to take the @FAMMFoundation #VisitAPrison challenge and visit a prison in the next twelve months."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 8, 2019
Tweet - "Former IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan knows the importance of states being able to protect their students from unscrupulous and predatory student loan servicers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2019
Tweet - "These tragedies will continue if violent extremism is left unchecked. The Senate should immediately pass my Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2019
Tweet - "Brazilian President Bolsonaro is threatening our planet with these reckless and selfish Amazon deforestation policies. Sadly, our President has emboldened this kind of behavior by repeatedly denying the science behind climate change."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2019
100th Anniversary of the East St. Louis American Legion Post 53
Rep. Mike Bost
July 3, 2019
MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Transcript: Trump: "Department of Justice reverses course."
Rep. Mike Quigley
July 3, 2019
Congressman Krishnamoorthi Strongly Supports Oversight Committee Investigation Of Detestable CBP Facebook Group Posts
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 3, 2019
Letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security, Matthew Albence, Acting Director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner at US Customs and Border Protection - Illinois Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi And Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Launch Inquiry To Ensure DHS Uses Funds To Strengthen Conditions For Migrant Children And Families
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 3, 2019
Letter to Carlos Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer President - Democratic Women's Caucus Leadership Demands Answers About Gender Discrimination and Unequal Pay for U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 3, 2019
Tweet - "In April, I visited the Del Norte Processing Center in El Paso. I will never forget what I saw there. The cruelty of this Administration is hard to overstate. America is better than this."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 3, 2019
Durbin Calls On Congress To Protect And Strengthen The ACA, Not Undermine It
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 3, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office - Duckworth, Durbin, Fischer & Bustos Call For GAO Review of "Move Over" Laws to Better Protect First Responders
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 2, 2019
Underwood Works to Combat Robocalls
Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 2, 2019
Congressman Jesus "Chuy" García Applauds Removal of Citizenship Question from 2020 Census
Rep. Chuy Garcia
July 2, 2019
Foster Introduces Resolution to Allow DREAMers to Serve in Military
Rep. Bill Foster
July 2, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - Democrats Urge HHS Secretary to End Restrictions on Using Fetal Tissue for Scientific Research
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 2, 2019
Young, Duckworth, Risch Legislation to Increase Investment in Small Businesses
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "Next week 20 Republican states & the Trump Admin will go to court in an attempt -- once again -- to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. If the President has his way we could return to the dark days where insurance companies discriminate against patients with pre-existing conditions."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "This is good news for our democracy. I'm glad the Trump Administration finally decided to abandon its partisan, underhanded effort to add a citizenship question to the census."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "This afternoon I visited @SIUE WE CARE Clinic in my hometown of East St. Louis. It's a nurse-managed primary clinic that serves patients of all ages and works with community partners to decrease health disparities and promote health"
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2019
President Trump Signs LaHood Legislation to Reform IRS into Law
Rep. Darin LaHood
July 1, 2019
Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 1, 2019
Congresswoman Schakowsky Reintroduces Bill to Protect Drinking Water From Fracking
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 1, 2019
Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 1, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cassidy Presses for Access to Life-Saving Devices
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 1, 2019
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Hot Car Deaths
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 1, 2019
Tweet - "Betsy Devos can always be trusted to come down on the side of corporate greed over quality education. Her defense of federal subsidies for the worst performing for profit schools gives students and taxpayers the shaft and her corporate buddies a windfall. Sadly, it's no surprise."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2019
Cortez Masto, Colleagues Honor Anniversary of Title Ix, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Education on The Basis of Sex
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2019
Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2019
Tweet - "Trump-Devos revocation of Obama rule terminating federal subsidies to the worst performing for-profit schools means deeper debt for students at the expense of taxpayers. I will call on the Senate to take a stand on this clear choice between students and greedy for-profit schools."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2019
Duckworth Stresses Importance of Diversity in Leadership at National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (Nobel) Women Conference in Chicago
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2019
Letter to Joseph Lengyel, Chief at the National Guard Bureau, and Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard - LaHood, Illinois Lawmakers Urge Air National Guard to Assign Flying Mission to 183rd Wing in Springfield
Rep. Darin LaHood
June 28, 2019
Foster Space R&D Amendments Pass House
Rep. Bill Foster
June 28, 2019
Rep. García's Safe Housing for Families Act Advances Unanimously in Financial Services Committee
Rep. Chuy Garcia
June 28, 2019
Letter to Jamie Dimon, CEO of Chase - Rep. García, Sen. Warren Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
Rep. Chuy Garcia
June 28, 2019
Congressmen Krishnamoorthi, Walberg, Guthrie And Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 28, 2019
Letter to Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer and President of Chase & Co. - Sen. Warren, Rep. García Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 28, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission - Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Call for Maintaining Strong Children's Television Rules
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep. Ilhan Omar, Members of Congress send a letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo to Protect American Citizens from Human Rights Abuses Abroad
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 28, 2019
Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
June 28, 2019
Walberg, Krishnamoorthi, Guthrie, and Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 28, 2019
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill Expanding Access To Clean, Private Lactation Rooms In Federal Buildings
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The surge in hate crimes & terrorism driven by white supremacists across the country is simply unacceptable. No American should face discrimination or fear for their life because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any reason whatsoever."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The @USDA now has granted both my requests with @SenJohnThune to implement new cover crop guidelines and change the hay/graze deadline. This will help more farmers in Illinois and across the United States. #plant19 Our letter here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The census should stay on schedule. If this administration continues to pursue the citizenship question, they will only further jeopardize our ability to conduct a full, fair, and accurate census. This is more important than partisan politics."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The result of Secretary DeVos' repeal of the gainful employment rule is not difficult to predict: more students will be exploited by for-profit colleges and more taxpayers dollars will line the pockets of for-profit college executives and investors. It's just that simple."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "There he goes again -- siding with foreign dictators as they continue to meddle in our democracy and interfere in our elections. When will President Trump and Leader McConnell realize what's at stake? This isn't a joke.Senator Dick Durbin added,"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
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July 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Illinois Congressional Delegation Urges USDA To Support State's Request For Disaster Declaration
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 8, 2019
Letter to Steven Dillingham, Director and Census Bureau - Murray, Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Communities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2019
Tweet - "I've always believed that it's impossible to understand the issues facing our criminal justice system without seeing prisons firsthand. That's why I'd urge my fellow lawmakers to take the @FAMMFoundation #VisitAPrison challenge and visit a prison in the next twelve months."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 8, 2019
Tweet - "Former IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan knows the importance of states being able to protect their students from unscrupulous and predatory student loan servicers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2019
Tweet - "These tragedies will continue if violent extremism is left unchecked. The Senate should immediately pass my Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2019
Tweet - "Brazilian President Bolsonaro is threatening our planet with these reckless and selfish Amazon deforestation policies. Sadly, our President has emboldened this kind of behavior by repeatedly denying the science behind climate change."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2019
100th Anniversary of the East St. Louis American Legion Post 53
Rep.Mike Bost
July 3, 2019
MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Transcript: Trump: "Department of Justice reverses course."
Rep.Mike Quigley
July 3, 2019
Congressman Krishnamoorthi Strongly Supports Oversight Committee Investigation Of Detestable CBP Facebook Group Posts
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 3, 2019
Letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security, Matthew Albence, Acting Director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner at US Customs and Border Protection - Illinois Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi And Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Launch Inquiry To Ensure DHS Uses Funds To Strengthen Conditions For Migrant Children And Families
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 3, 2019
Letter to Carlos Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer President - Democratic Women's Caucus Leadership Demands Answers About Gender Discrimination and Unequal Pay for U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 3, 2019
Tweet - "In April, I visited the Del Norte Processing Center in El Paso. I will never forget what I saw there. The cruelty of this Administration is hard to overstate. America is better than this."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 3, 2019
Durbin Calls On Congress To Protect And Strengthen The ACA, Not Undermine It
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 3, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office - Duckworth, Durbin, Fischer & Bustos Call For GAO Review of "Move Over" Laws to Better Protect First Responders
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 2, 2019
Underwood Works to Combat Robocalls
Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 2, 2019
Congressman Jesus "Chuy" García Applauds Removal of Citizenship Question from 2020 Census
Rep.Chuy Garcia
July 2, 2019
Foster Introduces Resolution to Allow DREAMers to Serve in Military
Rep.Bill Foster
July 2, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - Democrats Urge HHS Secretary to End Restrictions on Using Fetal Tissue for Scientific Research
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 2, 2019
Young, Duckworth, Risch Legislation to Increase Investment in Small Businesses
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "Next week 20 Republican states & the Trump Admin will go to court in an attempt -- once again -- to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. If the President has his way we could return to the dark days where insurance companies discriminate against patients with pre-existing conditions."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "This is good news for our democracy. I'm glad the Trump Administration finally decided to abandon its partisan, underhanded effort to add a citizenship question to the census."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2019
Tweet - "This afternoon I visited @SIUE WE CARE Clinic in my hometown of East St. Louis. It's a nurse-managed primary clinic that serves patients of all ages and works with community partners to decrease health disparities and promote health"
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2019
President Trump Signs LaHood Legislation to Reform IRS into Law
Rep.Darin LaHood
July 1, 2019
Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 1, 2019
Congresswoman Schakowsky Reintroduces Bill to Protect Drinking Water From Fracking
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 1, 2019
Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 1, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cassidy Presses for Access to Life-Saving Devices
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 1, 2019
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Hot Car Deaths
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 1, 2019
Tweet - "Betsy Devos can always be trusted to come down on the side of corporate greed over quality education. Her defense of federal subsidies for the worst performing for profit schools gives students and taxpayers the shaft and her corporate buddies a windfall. Sadly, it's no surprise."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2019
Cortez Masto, Colleagues Honor Anniversary of Title Ix, Landmark Civil Rights Law Prohibiting Discrimination in Education on The Basis of Sex
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2019
Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2019
Tweet - "Trump-Devos revocation of Obama rule terminating federal subsidies to the worst performing for-profit schools means deeper debt for students at the expense of taxpayers. I will call on the Senate to take a stand on this clear choice between students and greedy for-profit schools."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2019
Duckworth Stresses Importance of Diversity in Leadership at National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (Nobel) Women Conference in Chicago
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2019
Letter to Joseph Lengyel, Chief at the National Guard Bureau, and Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard - LaHood, Illinois Lawmakers Urge Air National Guard to Assign Flying Mission to 183rd Wing in Springfield
Rep.Darin LaHood
June 28, 2019
Foster Space R&D Amendments Pass House
Rep.Bill Foster
June 28, 2019
Rep. García's Safe Housing for Families Act Advances Unanimously in Financial Services Committee
Rep.Chuy Garcia
June 28, 2019
Letter to Jamie Dimon, CEO of Chase - Rep. García, Sen. Warren Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
Rep.Chuy Garcia
June 28, 2019
Congressmen Krishnamoorthi, Walberg, Guthrie And Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 28, 2019
Letter to Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer and President of Chase & Co. - Sen. Warren, Rep. García Write JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon to Raise Alarms About His Decision to Reintroduce Forced Arbitration for Credit Card Users
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 28, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission - Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Call for Maintaining Strong Children's Television Rules
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Rep. Ilhan Omar, Members of Congress send a letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo to Protect American Citizens from Human Rights Abuses Abroad
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 28, 2019
Freshman Lawmakers Unveil Task Force Sentry: Bipartisan Group Working to Prevent Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
June 28, 2019
Walberg, Krishnamoorthi, Guthrie, and Rush Introduce POW Priority Care Act
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 28, 2019
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill Expanding Access To Clean, Private Lactation Rooms In Federal Buildings
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "President Obama created #DACA to give 790k young people a chance to be a part of America's future. President Trump tried to end it as part of his failed "get tough" strategy. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to President Trump's request to step in."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The surge in hate crimes & terrorism driven by white supremacists across the country is simply unacceptable. No American should face discrimination or fear for their life because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any reason whatsoever."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The @USDA now has granted both my requests with @SenJohnThune to implement new cover crop guidelines and change the hay/graze deadline. This will help more farmers in Illinois and across the United States. #plant19 Our letter here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The census should stay on schedule. If this administration continues to pursue the citizenship question, they will only further jeopardize our ability to conduct a full, fair, and accurate census. This is more important than partisan politics."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "The result of Secretary DeVos' repeal of the gainful employment rule is not difficult to predict: more students will be exploited by for-profit colleges and more taxpayers dollars will line the pockets of for-profit college executives and investors. It's just that simple."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2019
Tweet - "There he goes again -- siding with foreign dictators as they continue to meddle in our democracy and interfere in our elections. When will President Trump and Leader McConnell realize what's at stake? This isn't a joke.Senator Dick Durbin added,"
Sen.Dick Durbin
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