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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 Calling for the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Senate Committee Passes Duckworth Bill to Improve Public Safety On Trains & Protect Rail Crewmembers Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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. Mike Quigley, ...
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 Duckworth Helps Introduce Bill To Block Publication of 3D Printable Firearm Blueprints Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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 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. Dick Durbin, ...
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 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 30, 2018 Schakowsky Introduces a Suite of Prescription Drug Pricing Bills Rep. Jan Schakowsky
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. Danny Davis, ...
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 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
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 Daines, Duckworth Push for Extension to Build Vietnam Veteran Education Center Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - ".@hunsencambodia and his thugs threatening the voters of #Cambodia does not make a free and fair election." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to David J. Apol, Acting Director of Office of Government Ethics - Ethics Investigation into EPA Chief over Meetings with Former Lobbying Clients Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. The Trump-DeVos Department of Education is inviting a new wave of for-profit college fraud on students and taxpayers." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to Jeffrey Bezos, Chairman, President and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - Garrett Crosses Party Lines To Express Concern Over "Amazon Rekognition" Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "This weekend marks 100 days until the midterm elections, yet we haven't properly held Russia accountable for its 2016 attack & efforts to interfere this year. The National Security Council has to send a strong message today when they meet." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to John Bolton, National Security Advisor - Ahead of Today's Election Security Meeting, Klobuchar leads letter Urging National Security Council to hold Russia Accountable, Improve Federal Coordination, and Support States Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Secretary Carson, HUD - Implement IG Reccomendations To Improve Oversight & Administration Of Public Housing Authorities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. L. Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Designate TPS for Guatemala and Nicaragua Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 27, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Trump Administration's Family Separation And Detention Policy: "A Mockery Of American Values" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Co-Chair Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-Employer Pension Plans and the Hon. Sherrod Brown, Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-Employer Pension Plans - McKinley Fights for Retired Coal Miners Rep. Mike Bost, ...
July 27, 2018 Rep. Davis Endorses 2019 Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Rep. Danny Davis
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "HUD must implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve its oversight of public housing authorities. No one should ever be subjected to the unthinkable living conditions Cairo residents have experienced." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "Allowing criminals and terrorists to have access to 3D firearm blueprints is incredibly irresponsible. I'm urging the Trump Administration to reconsider its dangerous decision." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "I'm urging the Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate DOJ's role in President Trump's cruel & immoral "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has separated thousands of families. AG Sessions must be held accountable for his key role in this humanitarian crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Democrats Offer A Better Deal for Rural American Entrepreneurs Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Heidi King, Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Pallone & Schakowsky Question NHTSA Inaction in Addressing More than 420 Reports of Kia & Hyundai Vehicle Fires Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Congress Members Demand Hearing on 3-D Printed Guns Settlement Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Demands Transparency On Office Of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date Title Politician
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 Calling for the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Senate Committee Passes Duckworth Bill to Improve Public Safety On Trains & Protect Rail Crewmembers Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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.Mike Quigley, ...
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 Duckworth Helps Introduce Bill To Block Publication of 3D Printable Firearm Blueprints Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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 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.Dick Durbin, ...
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 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 30, 2018 Schakowsky Introduces a Suite of Prescription Drug Pricing Bills Rep.Jan Schakowsky
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.Danny Davis, ...
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 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
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 Daines, Duckworth Push for Extension to Build Vietnam Veteran Education Center Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - ".@hunsencambodia and his thugs threatening the voters of #Cambodia does not make a free and fair election." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to David J. Apol, Acting Director of Office of Government Ethics - Ethics Investigation into EPA Chief over Meetings with Former Lobbying Clients Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. The Trump-DeVos Department of Education is inviting a new wave of for-profit college fraud on students and taxpayers." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to Jeffrey Bezos, Chairman, President and CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - Garrett Crosses Party Lines To Express Concern Over "Amazon Rekognition" Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "This weekend marks 100 days until the midterm elections, yet we haven't properly held Russia accountable for its 2016 attack & efforts to interfere this year. The National Security Council has to send a strong message today when they meet." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Letter to John Bolton, National Security Advisor - Ahead of Today's Election Security Meeting, Klobuchar leads letter Urging National Security Council to hold Russia Accountable, Improve Federal Coordination, and Support States Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Secretary Carson, HUD - Implement IG Reccomendations To Improve Oversight & Administration Of Public Housing Authorities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. L. Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Designate TPS for Guatemala and Nicaragua Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 27, 2018 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Trump Administration's Family Separation And Detention Policy: "A Mockery Of American Values" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Co-Chair Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-Employer Pension Plans and the Hon. Sherrod Brown, Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multi-Employer Pension Plans - McKinley Fights for Retired Coal Miners Rep.Mike Bost, ...
July 27, 2018 Rep. Davis Endorses 2019 Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Rep.Danny Davis
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "HUD must implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve its oversight of public housing authorities. No one should ever be subjected to the unthinkable living conditions Cairo residents have experienced." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "Allowing criminals and terrorists to have access to 3D firearm blueprints is incredibly irresponsible. I'm urging the Trump Administration to reconsider its dangerous decision." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "I'm urging the Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate DOJ's role in President Trump's cruel & immoral "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has separated thousands of families. AG Sessions must be held accountable for his key role in this humanitarian crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Democrats Offer A Better Deal for Rural American Entrepreneurs Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Heidi King, Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Pallone & Schakowsky Question NHTSA Inaction in Addressing More than 420 Reports of Kia & Hyundai Vehicle Fires Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Congress Members Demand Hearing on 3-D Printed Guns Settlement Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Demands Transparency On Office Of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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