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Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Duckworth: Why Did DOD Use Japanese Internment Camp Ruling to Justify Actions? Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Admin officials told us this week that giving them the authority to indefinitely detain parents & kids together would help solve the crisis at the border they created. Locking up children in detention facilities isn't a solution, it's just more cruelty by this White House." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Trump Administration Proposal To Roll Back Federal Fuel Efficiency Standards Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The zero-tolerance immigration policy has been an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. The Trump Administration never kept sufficient records for the kids they forcibly separated from their parents, and seemingly had no intention to reunite them. Inexcusable." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Schneider Introduces Bill to Prevent Former Members of Congress Who Lobby from Abusing Congressional Privileges Rep. Brad Schneider
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "What is the Trump Administration doing to reunite the 711 "lost" children with their parents, who were forcibly removed from their mothers & fathers at the border? We cannot rest until every child is safely back in their parents' arms." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "As we consider the Kavanaugh nomination -- a nominee the public knows little about -- we should follow the same standards of disclosure that nominees of Democratic presidents were held to. It's about transparency and fairness. #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the Honorable Mark Meadows, Chairman of House Government Operation Subcommittee - Hearing Request with Commerce Secretary on Misleading Census Testimony Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "It's false to say that previous administrations had a policy of intentionally separating children from their parents. This policy began in April when AG Sessions ordered zero-tolerance. It started as a bright idea in the Trump White House and ended up being a disaster." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Trump, Roskam Continue Efforts to Undermine Health Coverage Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "As DNI Coats said, the warning lights are blinking red again. Why did Senate Republicans turn down this help for states to prepare for future election attacks? Republican leadership has not taken this threat seriously -- not in 2016 and not today." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Immigration Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on President Trump's Rule Allowing Junk Insurance Plans Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 1, 2018 Calling for the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep. Mike Quigley
Aug. 1, 2018 Durbin Host Bipartisan Senators, NATO & Non-NATO Partner Ambassadors, Reaffirms America's Support In Face Of Russian Aggression Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "These plans amount to junk and will hurt people with pre-existing conditions, older Americans, and anyone who actually needs health care. The Trump Administration is, once again, sabotaging our health care system with these plans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - King, Colleagues Push Administration to Fund Efforts to Help Consumers Navigate Health Insurance Process Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - 47 Democrats Caution DOL About Plans to Weaken Hazardous Work Protections for Young Workers Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Reverse Effort Placing Transgender Offenders at Risk for Sexual Assault Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Senate Committee Passes Duckworth Bill to Improve Public Safety On Trains & Protect Rail Crewmembers Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Patrick X. Mordente, Brigadier General, Director for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Judiciary Democrats Officially Request All Kavanaugh Documents from Archives Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 31, 2018 Letter to Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois - Reps. Quigley, Schakowsky, Gutiérrez, Davis, Rush, and Foster Urge Rauner to Reconsider Illinois' Participation in Crosscheck System Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 31, 2018 Rounds, Duckworth Introduce Options Markets Stability Act Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 31, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Bill To Reform Career, Technical, And Vocational Education Signed Into Law Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 31, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray, Cantwell Slam Trump-Pence Administration's Proposed Damaging Changes to Title X Family Planning Program, Call for Reversal Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 31, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Bill To Block Publication of 3D Printable Firearm Blueprints Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 31, 2018 Letter to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Linda Sánchez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Secure CDC Funding for Major U.S. Cities to Fight Opioid Crisis Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Schneider Amendments to Support Small Business Research and Hold Iran Accountable Included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep. Brad Schneider
July 30, 2018 CNBC - Our Bipartisan Bill Will Force Drug Companies to Justify 'Drastic' Price Hikes Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 30, 2018 Rep. LaHood Votes to Improve HSAs And Lower Healthcare Premiums Rep. Darin LaHood
July 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Ambassador John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - House Democrats Call on Trump Administration to Address Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 30, 2018 Schakowsky Introduces a Suite of Prescription Drug Pricing Bills Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Medicaid is under increasing attack by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans. Gutting this program would be absolutely devastating to the most vulnerable in our country and cripple our fight against the opioid epidemic. I'll fight tooth and nail to protect it." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Good news: Illinois' colleges and universities can start applying for federal funds for open textbook projects to help save students money." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Daines, Duckworth Push for Extension to Build Vietnam Veteran Education Center Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "I'll be introducing a bipartisan bill this week with @lisamurkowski to crack down on kid-friendly cigar & e-cigarette flavors. If gummy bear and cotton candy flavored nicotine really help adult smokers quit, then the e-cigarette industry should have to prove it." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Our bill is simple: it makes tobacco companies prove that their kid-friendly e-cig flavorings 1) help adults quit smoking; 2) don't cause kids to start smoking; and 3) don't harm the user. It's that simple." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Medicare has been the health care security blanket for so many seniors. As this essential program turns 53 today, it's a reminder that we have to be vigilant in protecting it for years to come. #Medicare53" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "How many policies to lower drug prices are supported by Pres Trump, HHS, FDA, @AARP, @AmerMedicalAssn, & 76% of Americans? So far, just my amendment w @ChuckGrassley. It would lower Rx drug costs by requiring Big Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs in ads. RT if you agree" Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Duckworth: Why Did DOD Use Japanese Internment Camp Ruling to Justify Actions? Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Admin officials told us this week that giving them the authority to indefinitely detain parents & kids together would help solve the crisis at the border they created. Locking up children in detention facilities isn't a solution, it's just more cruelty by this White House." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Trump Administration Proposal To Roll Back Federal Fuel Efficiency Standards Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The zero-tolerance immigration policy has been an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. The Trump Administration never kept sufficient records for the kids they forcibly separated from their parents, and seemingly had no intention to reunite them. Inexcusable." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Schneider Introduces Bill to Prevent Former Members of Congress Who Lobby from Abusing Congressional Privileges Rep.Brad Schneider
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "What is the Trump Administration doing to reunite the 711 "lost" children with their parents, who were forcibly removed from their mothers & fathers at the border? We cannot rest until every child is safely back in their parents' arms." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "As we consider the Kavanaugh nomination -- a nominee the public knows little about -- we should follow the same standards of disclosure that nominees of Democratic presidents were held to. It's about transparency and fairness. #ReleaseTheRecords" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the Honorable Mark Meadows, Chairman of House Government Operation Subcommittee - Hearing Request with Commerce Secretary on Misleading Census Testimony Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "It's false to say that previous administrations had a policy of intentionally separating children from their parents. This policy began in April when AG Sessions ordered zero-tolerance. It started as a bright idea in the Trump White House and ended up being a disaster." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Trump, Roskam Continue Efforts to Undermine Health Coverage Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "As DNI Coats said, the warning lights are blinking red again. Why did Senate Republicans turn down this help for states to prepare for future election attacks? Republican leadership has not taken this threat seriously -- not in 2016 and not today." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Immigration Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on President Trump's Rule Allowing Junk Insurance Plans Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 1, 2018 Calling for the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley Rep.Mike Quigley
Aug. 1, 2018 Durbin Host Bipartisan Senators, NATO & Non-NATO Partner Ambassadors, Reaffirms America's Support In Face Of Russian Aggression Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "These plans amount to junk and will hurt people with pre-existing conditions, older Americans, and anyone who actually needs health care. The Trump Administration is, once again, sabotaging our health care system with these plans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - King, Colleagues Push Administration to Fund Efforts to Help Consumers Navigate Health Insurance Process Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - 47 Democrats Caution DOL About Plans to Weaken Hazardous Work Protections for Young Workers Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Reverse Effort Placing Transgender Offenders at Risk for Sexual Assault Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 1, 2018 Senate Committee Passes Duckworth Bill to Improve Public Safety On Trains & Protect Rail Crewmembers Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Patrick X. Mordente, Brigadier General, Director for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Judiciary Democrats Officially Request All Kavanaugh Documents from Archives Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 31, 2018 Letter to Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois - Reps. Quigley, Schakowsky, Gutiérrez, Davis, Rush, and Foster Urge Rauner to Reconsider Illinois' Participation in Crosscheck System Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 31, 2018 Rounds, Duckworth Introduce Options Markets Stability Act Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 31, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's Bipartisan Bill To Reform Career, Technical, And Vocational Education Signed Into Law Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 31, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Murray, Cantwell Slam Trump-Pence Administration's Proposed Damaging Changes to Title X Family Planning Program, Call for Reversal Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 31, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Bill To Block Publication of 3D Printable Firearm Blueprints Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 31, 2018 Letter to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Linda Sánchez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Secure CDC Funding for Major U.S. Cities to Fight Opioid Crisis Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Schneider Amendments to Support Small Business Research and Hold Iran Accountable Included in Final Passage of National Defense Authorization Act Rep.Brad Schneider
July 30, 2018 CNBC - Our Bipartisan Bill Will Force Drug Companies to Justify 'Drastic' Price Hikes Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 30, 2018 Rep. LaHood Votes to Improve HSAs And Lower Healthcare Premiums Rep.Darin LaHood
July 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Ambassador John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - House Democrats Call on Trump Administration to Address Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 30, 2018 Schakowsky Introduces a Suite of Prescription Drug Pricing Bills Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Medicaid is under increasing attack by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans. Gutting this program would be absolutely devastating to the most vulnerable in our country and cripple our fight against the opioid epidemic. I'll fight tooth and nail to protect it." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Good news: Illinois' colleges and universities can start applying for federal funds for open textbook projects to help save students money." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Daines, Duckworth Push for Extension to Build Vietnam Veteran Education Center Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "I'll be introducing a bipartisan bill this week with @lisamurkowski to crack down on kid-friendly cigar & e-cigarette flavors. If gummy bear and cotton candy flavored nicotine really help adult smokers quit, then the e-cigarette industry should have to prove it." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Our bill is simple: it makes tobacco companies prove that their kid-friendly e-cig flavorings 1) help adults quit smoking; 2) don't cause kids to start smoking; and 3) don't harm the user. It's that simple." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Medicare has been the health care security blanket for so many seniors. As this essential program turns 53 today, it's a reminder that we have to be vigilant in protecting it for years to come. #Medicare53" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "How many policies to lower drug prices are supported by Pres Trump, HHS, FDA, @AARP, @AmerMedicalAssn, & 76% of Americans? So far, just my amendment w @ChuckGrassley. It would lower Rx drug costs by requiring Big Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs in ads. RT if you agree" Sen.Dick Durbin
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