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June 7, 2018 Rush and Duckworth Introduce Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018 Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Withdraw "Transparency Rule" That Will Damage Environmental Protection Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "When Republicans in Congress decide that our children are worth more than the approval of the @NRA, we can begin to fix this crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to Ajit Pai - Improve Rural Broadband Support for Cellphone Service Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Davis, LaHood Bill to Designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail Passes House Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Taking a softer stance on payday lenders is like chumming the water for sharks. Easing restrictions on lenders that prey on our society's most vulnerable will only cause further financial hardship on American families. Mr. Mulvaney should know better." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep. Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 Celebrating Pride Month Rep. Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep. Mike Bost
June 6, 2018 Letter to Donald McGahn, White House Counsel - House Judiciary Dems Send Letter to White House Counsel Mcgahn About Trump's Extraordinary View of the Pardon Power Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Remember Brian Benczkowski? He represented Russia's Alfa Bank and was a top staffer to then-Senator Sessions. Senate Republicans plan to vote next week to confirm him to head the DOJ Criminal Division." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 CNBC - The Only Way the US can Safely Move Forward with Self-Driving Cars Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 5, 2018 Bost Praises New Steel Jobs at Granite City Works Rep. Mike Bost
June 5, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin and Illinois Congressional Delegation Help Secure $132 Million Federal Grant for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "NIH funding creates jobs, supports medical breakthroughs, and saves lives. That's why I will always fight for medical research funding." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 4, 2018 Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Giuliani Claims of Presidential Immunity: "It's a Dark Day When the President's Lawyer Publicly Muses That the President Could Shoot James Comey and Pardon Himself for the Hit Without Being Subject to Prosecution" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Commissioner, FDA - Information On Epipen Shortages Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to James H. Miller, President and CEO, Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., - Information On Epipen Shortages Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens …" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "In today's #MasterpieceCakeshop ruling, #SCOTUS acknowledged that LGBTQ people are equal and have a right to be free from the indignity of discrimination. #OpenToAll" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018 Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kevin J. McIntyre, Federal Regulatory Commission Chairman - Let States Determine Clean Energy Resource Policies Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
June 7, 2018 Rush and Duckworth Introduce Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018 Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Withdraw "Transparency Rule" That Will Damage Environmental Protection Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "When Republicans in Congress decide that our children are worth more than the approval of the @NRA, we can begin to fix this crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "The #PaycheckFairnessAct would close loopholes in the #EqualPayAct. Women & their families need #equalpay now." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judicial nominee Ryan Bounds' own bar association called his writings racist, misogynistic, homophobic & disparaging of survivors of sexual assault & abuse. He hid these writings from Oregon's judicial selection committee & he doesn't have the support of his home-state senators." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Tweet - "I opposed Ms. Ohlhausen's nomination to be a federal judge. She has never tried a case. The practical experience of actually trying cases should be a basic qualification that the Committee looks for in selecting judges who will preside over trials. It's the @SenJohnKennedy test." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018 Duckworth, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation's Aging Water Infrastructure Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Nomination Of Martha Pacold, Mary Rowland & Steven Seeger To Serve As U.S. District Judges For The Northern District of Illinois Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018 Letter to Ajit Pai - Improve Rural Broadband Support for Cellphone Service Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Davis, LaHood Bill to Designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail Passes House Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "I support this commutation and urge @realDonaldTrump to support my bipartisan sentencing reform bill with @ChuckGrassley. It would repeal the unjust law that leaves thousands of others like Alice Johnson still serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "Taking a softer stance on payday lenders is like chumming the water for sharks. Easing restrictions on lenders that prey on our society's most vulnerable will only cause further financial hardship on American families. Mr. Mulvaney should know better." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019--Motion to Proceed Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Immigrant Heritage Month Rep.Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018 Celebrating Pride Month Rep.Robin Kelly
June 6, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Statements on New Mission & Continued Activation of Thomson Prison Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 6, 2018 Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 6, 2018 Water Resources Development Act of 2018 Rep.Mike Bost
June 6, 2018 Letter to Donald McGahn, White House Counsel - House Judiciary Dems Send Letter to White House Counsel Mcgahn About Trump's Extraordinary View of the Pardon Power Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "Remember Brian Benczkowski? He represented Russia's Alfa Bank and was a top staffer to then-Senator Sessions. Senate Republicans plan to vote next week to confirm him to head the DOJ Criminal Division." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018 CNBC - The Only Way the US can Safely Move Forward with Self-Driving Cars Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 5, 2018 Bost Praises New Steel Jobs at Granite City Works Rep.Mike Bost
June 5, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin and Illinois Congressional Delegation Help Secure $132 Million Federal Grant for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "NIH funding creates jobs, supports medical breakthroughs, and saves lives. That's why I will always fight for medical research funding." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 4, 2018 Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Giuliani Claims of Presidential Immunity: "It's a Dark Day When the President's Lawyer Publicly Muses That the President Could Shoot James Comey and Pardon Himself for the Hit Without Being Subject to Prosecution" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Conditions For Any Deal With North Korea Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Commissioner, FDA - Information On Epipen Shortages Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to James H. Miller, President and CEO, Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., - Information On Epipen Shortages Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens …" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Tweet - "In today's #MasterpieceCakeshop ruling, #SCOTUS acknowledged that LGBTQ people are equal and have a right to be free from the indignity of discrimination. #OpenToAll" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018 Schakowsky statement on Ambassador Friedman's comments Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 1, 2018 Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kevin J. McIntyre, Federal Regulatory Commission Chairman - Let States Determine Clean Energy Resource Policies Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Stop Raising Health Care Costs Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 31, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's trade war will not end well. Such recklessness alienates our allies and puts American farmers, businesses, and consumers on the hook to lose big." Sen.Dick Durbin
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