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Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Exposure to manganese dust can cause serious neurological effects, learning difficulties, and memory loss. I continue to urge the EPA to use its authority to require more facilities to install air monitors to track manganese and other toxic metals." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions and DHS Sec. Nielsen are doing all they can to make it harder for immigrant victims of domestic violence and gang violence to gain safety. We have to hold this anti-immigrant White House accountable every step of the way." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Subpoena for State Department Docs Withheld from Congress After Bipartisan Request Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Letter to Gary Stern, General Counsel and Chief FOIA Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration - Release Kavanaugh Documents Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Kelly, Duckworth Host Small Business Development Workshop Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Hate-Motivated Attack On Sikh Man In California: In This Assault "We Have Seen The Worst Of Our Country, But Not Its True Nature" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 8, 2018 In Central Illinois, Durbin Touts Legislation That Will Support Rural EMS Agencies Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "The people of this nation deserve honesty and transparency in filling this historic vacancy to the Supreme Court, and that is what our request today is aiming to accomplish." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "In small towns across our state, fire departments and EMS agencies are a critical lifeline to the health care system. The SIREN Act would provide federal funding to help rural EMS agencies train and recruit staff, purchase equipment, and more: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/in-central-illinois-durbin-touts-legislation-that-will-support-rural-ems-agencies- …" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Congresswoman Kelly statement on weekend of gun violence in Chicago Rep. Robin Kelly
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I continue to urge HUD to quickly implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve oversight and administration of public housing authorities. No one should have their access to safe and healthy housing threatened as a result of HUD's inaction." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Durbin Meets With Cairo Public Housing Residents Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Gun Violence Rep. Robin Kelly
Aug. 7, 2018 Letter to Attorney General Sessions and Secretary DeVos - Condemn Trump Administration For Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity In Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 7, 2018 Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force Rep. Mike Bost
Aug. 7, 2018 Gun Violence Rep. Robin Kelly
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "It's alarming to hear about the Saudi government's latest crackdown on peaceful activists. I have long called for the release of journalists like Raif Badawi, and human rights defenders like Waleed Abu al-Khair." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senate Democrats Condemn Trump Administration for Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity in Education Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Jayapal and Colleagues Urge Zinke to Protect Alaskan Wildlife Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on the Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 6, 2018 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Decision To Re-Impose Sanctions On Iran Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "It's alarming to hear about the Saudi government's latest crackdown on peaceful activists. I have long called for the release of journalists like Raif Badawi, and human rights defenders like Waleed Abu al-Khair." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - 50+ Tri-Caucus Members Oppose Weaker Clean Car Standards, Warn of Disproportionate Impact on Communities of Color Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep. Mike Quigley
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Rob Bishop and The Hon. Raul Grijalva - Letter Asks Natural Resources Committee for Hearing on Quigley, Upton Legislation in Support of Great Lakes Fisheries Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. L. Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Members of Congress Probe DHS over Circumstances Leading to TPS Termination for Nepal and Honduras Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 After Allegations Of Child Abuse At Shelter For Unaccompanied Minors, Duckworth Tours Facility Housing Children Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 5, 2018 Tweet - "My heart breaks for those who are victimized and traumatized by the daily toll of gun violence. This is a public health crisis. Congress must act and can start by prioritizing additional resources to address this crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should be pointing the finger at themselves. They created this humanitarian disaster, and it's their responsibility to solve it by reuniting the kids who were forcibly separated from their parents at the border." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The only WH documents Republicans want revealed before Judge Kavanaugh's hearing are documents that have been pre-screened & hand-picked by his former deputy, who is also Steve Bannon's and Don McGahn's lawyer. You can't make this up. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "Federal judge, appointed by Pres. George W. Bush, ruled that the Trump Admin's justification for terminating #DACA was "conclusory" and "accompanied by a hodgepodge of illogical or post hoc policy assertions."" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Reps. Deutch, Wasserman Schultz, Schneider & Maloney Introduce Bill to Block 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Merkley, Duckworth Lead Senate Resolution Marking World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Nearly 600. This is completely unacceptable. I won't rest until the Trump Administration reunites every child who was forcibly separated and is held responsible for this zero-tolerance humanitarian disaster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are doing all they can to hide Judge Kavanaugh's records as White House Staff Secretary. Kavanaugh touted that job as "formative" to who he is as a judge. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Trump Increases Pollution, Roskam Breathes Easy Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Mark Green, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator - Feinstein, Senators to Trump Administration: Restore Aid to Palestinians in Gaza Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students In The Wake Of National College Closures Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump and Congressional Republicans padded the pockets of Big Pharma with their tax bill. What are they doing about holding Big Pharma accountable for skyrocketing drug costs that are hurting middle class families? American patients deserve lower costs too." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "When we call the press "fake news" or tell people not to pay attention to them, it discredits an important part of America's democracy. It takes a free press to hold politicians of both parties accountable. That's their job, and it's more important now than ever before." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Reinstate TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Senators to Zinke: Staking and Developing New Mining Claims Within National Monuments Is Illegal Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education urging a school to misrepresent its accreditation status to students would be scandalous. If true, this would represent a new level of betrayal of students by Sec. DeVos and her #4profit college cronies at the Department." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Hon. Jelena McWilliams, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Hon. Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency, the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Hon. J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading - Stop Weakening Volker Rule Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 LaHood Proposes Pro-Growth Solution to Tackling Student Loan Debt Rep. Darin LaHood
Aug. 2, 2018 Schakowsky Condemns Trump's Assault on Clean Air Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma - Schakowsky & Blumenthal Urge CMS to Improve Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The American people got to see 99% of Justice Kagan's White House records before her Supreme Court hearing. What percentage of Judge Kavanaugh's White House records will Republicans allow the American people to see before his hearing? Half? A third?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date Title Politician
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Exposure to manganese dust can cause serious neurological effects, learning difficulties, and memory loss. I continue to urge the EPA to use its authority to require more facilities to install air monitors to track manganese and other toxic metals." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions and DHS Sec. Nielsen are doing all they can to make it harder for immigrant victims of domestic violence and gang violence to gain safety. We have to hold this anti-immigrant White House accountable every step of the way." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 9, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Subpoena for State Department Docs Withheld from Congress After Bipartisan Request Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Letter to Gary Stern, General Counsel and Chief FOIA Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration - Release Kavanaugh Documents Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Kelly, Duckworth Host Small Business Development Workshop Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 8, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Hate-Motivated Attack On Sikh Man In California: In This Assault "We Have Seen The Worst Of Our Country, But Not Its True Nature" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 8, 2018 In Central Illinois, Durbin Touts Legislation That Will Support Rural EMS Agencies Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "The people of this nation deserve honesty and transparency in filling this historic vacancy to the Supreme Court, and that is what our request today is aiming to accomplish." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 8, 2018 Tweet - "In small towns across our state, fire departments and EMS agencies are a critical lifeline to the health care system. The SIREN Act would provide federal funding to help rural EMS agencies train and recruit staff, purchase equipment, and more: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/in-central-illinois-durbin-touts-legislation-that-will-support-rural-ems-agencies- …" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Congresswoman Kelly statement on weekend of gun violence in Chicago Rep.Robin Kelly
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I continue to urge HUD to quickly implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve oversight and administration of public housing authorities. No one should have their access to safe and healthy housing threatened as a result of HUD's inaction." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Durbin Meets With Cairo Public Housing Residents Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Gun Violence Rep.Robin Kelly
Aug. 7, 2018 Letter to Attorney General Sessions and Secretary DeVos - Condemn Trump Administration For Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity In Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 7, 2018 Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force Rep.Mike Bost
Aug. 7, 2018 Gun Violence Rep.Robin Kelly
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "It's alarming to hear about the Saudi government's latest crackdown on peaceful activists. I have long called for the release of journalists like Raif Badawi, and human rights defenders like Waleed Abu al-Khair." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senate Democrats Condemn Trump Administration for Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity in Education Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Jayapal and Colleagues Urge Zinke to Protect Alaskan Wildlife Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on the Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 6, 2018 Durbin Statement On President Trump's Decision To Re-Impose Sanctions On Iran Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "It's alarming to hear about the Saudi government's latest crackdown on peaceful activists. I have long called for the release of journalists like Raif Badawi, and human rights defenders like Waleed Abu al-Khair." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - 50+ Tri-Caucus Members Oppose Weaker Clean Car Standards, Warn of Disproportionate Impact on Communities of Color Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep.Mike Quigley
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Rob Bishop and The Hon. Raul Grijalva - Letter Asks Natural Resources Committee for Hearing on Quigley, Upton Legislation in Support of Great Lakes Fisheries Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. L. Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Members of Congress Probe DHS over Circumstances Leading to TPS Termination for Nepal and Honduras Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 After Allegations Of Child Abuse At Shelter For Unaccompanied Minors, Duckworth Tours Facility Housing Children Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 5, 2018 Tweet - "My heart breaks for those who are victimized and traumatized by the daily toll of gun violence. This is a public health crisis. Congress must act and can start by prioritizing additional resources to address this crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should be pointing the finger at themselves. They created this humanitarian disaster, and it's their responsibility to solve it by reuniting the kids who were forcibly separated from their parents at the border." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The only WH documents Republicans want revealed before Judge Kavanaugh's hearing are documents that have been pre-screened & hand-picked by his former deputy, who is also Steve Bannon's and Don McGahn's lawyer. You can't make this up. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "Federal judge, appointed by Pres. George W. Bush, ruled that the Trump Admin's justification for terminating #DACA was "conclusory" and "accompanied by a hodgepodge of illogical or post hoc policy assertions."" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Reps. Deutch, Wasserman Schultz, Schneider & Maloney Introduce Bill to Block 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Merkley, Duckworth Lead Senate Resolution Marking World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Nearly 600. This is completely unacceptable. I won't rest until the Trump Administration reunites every child who was forcibly separated and is held responsible for this zero-tolerance humanitarian disaster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are doing all they can to hide Judge Kavanaugh's records as White House Staff Secretary. Kavanaugh touted that job as "formative" to who he is as a judge. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Trump Increases Pollution, Roskam Breathes Easy Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Mark Green, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator - Feinstein, Senators to Trump Administration: Restore Aid to Palestinians in Gaza Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students In The Wake Of National College Closures Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump and Congressional Republicans padded the pockets of Big Pharma with their tax bill. What are they doing about holding Big Pharma accountable for skyrocketing drug costs that are hurting middle class families? American patients deserve lower costs too." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "When we call the press "fake news" or tell people not to pay attention to them, it discredits an important part of America's democracy. It takes a free press to hold politicians of both parties accountable. That's their job, and it's more important now than ever before." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Reinstate TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Senators to Zinke: Staking and Developing New Mining Claims Within National Monuments Is Illegal Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education urging a school to misrepresent its accreditation status to students would be scandalous. If true, this would represent a new level of betrayal of students by Sec. DeVos and her #4profit college cronies at the Department." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Hon. Jelena McWilliams, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Hon. Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency, the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Hon. J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading - Stop Weakening Volker Rule Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 LaHood Proposes Pro-Growth Solution to Tackling Student Loan Debt Rep.Darin LaHood
Aug. 2, 2018 Schakowsky Condemns Trump's Assault on Clean Air Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma - Schakowsky & Blumenthal Urge CMS to Improve Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The American people got to see 99% of Justice Kagan's White House records before her Supreme Court hearing. What percentage of Judge Kavanaugh's White House records will Republicans allow the American people to see before his hearing? Half? A third?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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