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July 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, and the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Marathon Hearing with Peter Strzok
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Letter to Sens. James Inhofe and Jack Reed of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Reps. Mac Thornberry and Adam Smith of the House Armed Services Committee - Support Burma Sanctions
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Health Insurance Company CEO's - Lawmakers Press Major Health Insurers To Ramp Up Their Efforts To Reduce Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Governor Rauner - Rep. Kelly and Illinois Democrats Press Gov. Rauner on Racial Disparities in Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes in Illinois
Rep. Robin Kelly
July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Durbin Meets With HUD Inspector General Nominee Rae Oliver Davis
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Tweet - "NATO allies have stood by us in our darkest hours, sending their men & women into battle with U.S. troops, sometimes to die for the causes we share. This President has no sense of history, is bizarrely enamored with Putin & doesn't appreciate the strongest alliance in the world."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - As Trump-Putin Summit Approaches, Senator Markey Leads Call for Renewed Arms Control Talks
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Tweet - "The United States is one of the very few developed countries where deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth are increasing--and there is a greater racial gap in infant mortality rates today than there was during slavery in America."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I'm asking IL community colleges to assist students attending the closing Illinois Institute of Art campuses and Argosy-Schaumburg. These students deserve a chance to continue their studies at quality, affordable institutions like community colleges. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/download/illinois-community-colleges-letter-on-dceh "
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee - Explain Trade Policies
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 11, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Join Markey and 9 Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Help Small and Disadvantaged Communities Improve the Safety of their Drinking Water
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Heidi King, Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Senators Urge Department of Transportation To Stop Delay On Life-Saving Reforms To Keyless Ignition Cars
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
ACA Sabotage
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 11, 2018
Executive Session
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Middle East Subcmte Dems Send Letter Urging Transparency in Palestinian Aid Hold and Release of Humanitarian Funds
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 11, 2018
Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Brian Benczkowski
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I can think of few times in my history here that so many in the party of Reagan have sat so quietly on their hands while an American president's actions threaten our Western security alliances and our place in the world."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I continue to be deeply concerned about the current course of American foreign policy under this President. He's willing to undermine allies and instead cozy up to adversaries like Russia and North Korea."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I do not know of any modern president who let normal disagreements between key allies turn into personal spats that alienate our friends and undermine our security."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "In fact, I am increasingly convinced that President Trump is so enamored by validation-seeking autocrats and offended by allies expressing disagreements that he is incapable of distinguishing friends from enemies."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Beyond Mr. Benczkowski's Russia ties and troubling judgment, he's been nominated to head the DOJ Criminal Division and hasn't prosecuted one single case. Not one."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $70,000 for Strategic Economic Planning in North Central Illinois
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making.""
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose
Rep. Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Forty-Four Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Release Statement on Trump Meetings With NATO and Putin
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 10, 2018
Durbin Meets With VA Secretary Nominee, Presses For Support Of Quincy Veterans' Home & To Protect Veterans From For-Profit Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep. Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Very glad to see the courageous journalist @RafaelMdeMorais acquitted of the bogus criminal charges filed against him for uncovering the truth. A good day for independent journalism in #Angola."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children
Rep. Bill Foster
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep. Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Hoyer, Schakowsky, 130 Democrats Write Letter to President Trump to Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Date
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July 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, and the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Marathon Hearing with Peter Strzok
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Letter to Sens. James Inhofe and Jack Reed of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Reps. Mac Thornberry and Adam Smith of the House Armed Services Committee - Support Burma Sanctions
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Health Insurance Company CEO's - Lawmakers Press Major Health Insurers To Ramp Up Their Efforts To Reduce Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Letter to Governor Rauner - Rep. Kelly and Illinois Democrats Press Gov. Rauner on Racial Disparities in Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes in Illinois
Rep.Robin Kelly
July 12, 2018
Senate Democratic Women Warn Supreme Court Nominee Would Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018
Durbin Meets With HUD Inspector General Nominee Rae Oliver Davis
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Tweet - "NATO allies have stood by us in our darkest hours, sending their men & women into battle with U.S. troops, sometimes to die for the causes we share. This President has no sense of history, is bizarrely enamored with Putin & doesn't appreciate the strongest alliance in the world."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - As Trump-Putin Summit Approaches, Senator Markey Leads Call for Renewed Arms Control Talks
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018
Tweet - "The United States is one of the very few developed countries where deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth are increasing--and there is a greater racial gap in infant mortality rates today than there was during slavery in America."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I'm asking IL community colleges to assist students attending the closing Illinois Institute of Art campuses and Argosy-Schaumburg. These students deserve a chance to continue their studies at quality, affordable institutions like community colleges. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/download/illinois-community-colleges-letter-on-dceh "
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee - Explain Trade Policies
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 11, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Join Markey and 9 Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Help Small and Disadvantaged Communities Improve the Safety of their Drinking Water
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Heidi King, Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Senators Urge Department of Transportation To Stop Delay On Life-Saving Reforms To Keyless Ignition Cars
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
ACA Sabotage
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 11, 2018
Executive Session
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Middle East Subcmte Dems Send Letter Urging Transparency in Palestinian Aid Hold and Release of Humanitarian Funds
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 11, 2018
Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Brian Benczkowski
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I can think of few times in my history here that so many in the party of Reagan have sat so quietly on their hands while an American president's actions threaten our Western security alliances and our place in the world."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I continue to be deeply concerned about the current course of American foreign policy under this President. He's willing to undermine allies and instead cozy up to adversaries like Russia and North Korea."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "I do not know of any modern president who let normal disagreements between key allies turn into personal spats that alienate our friends and undermine our security."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "In fact, I am increasingly convinced that President Trump is so enamored by validation-seeking autocrats and offended by allies expressing disagreements that he is incapable of distinguishing friends from enemies."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Beyond Mr. Benczkowski's Russia ties and troubling judgment, he's been nominated to head the DOJ Criminal Division and hasn't prosecuted one single case. Not one."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $70,000 for Strategic Economic Planning in North Central Illinois
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making.""
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh has a record on the bench of consistently favoring big business and undermining protections for consumers, workers, women, and the environment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose
Rep.Sean Casten
July 10, 2018
Forty-Four Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats Release Statement on Trump Meetings With NATO and Putin
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 10, 2018
Durbin Meets With VA Secretary Nominee, Presses For Support Of Quincy Veterans' Home & To Protect Veterans From For-Profit Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Supreme Court Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Schneider Statement On Supreme Court Nomination
Rep.Brad Schneider
July 10, 2018
Concerns About Judge Kavanaugh
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 10, 2018
Tweet - "Very glad to see the courageous journalist @RafaelMdeMorais acquitted of the bogus criminal charges filed against him for uncovering the truth. A good day for independent journalism in #Angola."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children
Rep.Bill Foster
July 10, 2018
Bost Statement On Nomination Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court
Rep.Mike Bost
July 10, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018
Hoyer, Schakowsky, 130 Democrats Write Letter to President Trump to Rescind Illegal Anti-Worker Executive Orders
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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