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June 25, 2019
Tweet - "Bowing to industry special interests, the @USDA relied on sketchy data to justify a dangerous rule change -- and tried to hide that very same data from the public. I'm glad the OIG heeded my request to investigate this matter."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "I've been down to the facilities on our border, I've seen the detestable, inhumane conditions. People are scared to death, children are frightened. That is what this President wants."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "Raising the age is not enough. We must also get rid of the kid-friendly e-cigarette flavors that are addicting our children."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "I've worked for years to make Big Pharma level with the American public. Disclosing drug prices in Rx TV ads is progress towards transparency and lower costs. Pharma's price gouging has to stop -- patients should come first."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Wyden, Merkley Join Senators to Press FDA for Stronger Response to Teen Tobacco Use
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 24, 2019
House Approves Bost Amendment to Reform Cairo Housing Authority
Rep. Mike Bost
June 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Benjamin Carson M.D., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Rep. Juan Vargas Leads Letter Urging HUD to Affirm Dreamers Eligibility for FHA Backed Mortgages
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Ten Years After Landmark Law To Fight Tobacco Addiction, Durbin Presses FDA For Stronger Response To Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 24, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 24, 2019
Tweet - "I'm increasingly concerned by the rising level of violence in Cameroon. Today, I met with the Cameroonian Ambassador to the US, Henri Etoundi Essomba, to discuss the ongoing repression in the country's Anglophone regions."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 24, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep. Mike Bost
June 24, 2019
Tweet - "Yesterday's elections in Istanbul were a win for democracy despite the government's pressure on political rivals, civil society, and the media."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 23, 2019
Tweet - "First, President Trump holds 800,000 federal workers hostage for his wall. Now he holds millions of families hostage to force Congress to jail children indefinitely. This is a small minded, mean spirited strategy always punishing others to get his way."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 21, 2019
Letter to J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois - Casten, Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider, Underwood Request Urgent Action from Governor, EPA in Response to Lake County Ethylene Oxide Results
Rep. Sean Casten
June 21, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Casten, Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider, Underwood Request Urgent Action from Governor, EPA in Response to Lake County Ethylene Oxide Results
Rep. Sean Casten
June 21, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill to Make Bankruptcy Relief Available for Student Loan Borrowers
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2019
Tweet - "Ten years ago the Tobacco Control Act was signed into law. Despite enormous progress on reducing cigarette use nationwide, FDA's lack of action on e-cigarettes and kid-friendly flavors has resulted in the largest single year increase in tobacco use."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 21, 2019
Tweet - "The two worst foreign policy decisions of the Trump Presidency: Becoming the only nation on earth to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and walking away from the international agreement to ban the production of nuclear weapons in Iran."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Duckworth, Senate Colleagues Introduce Bill to help Prevent Police-Involved Deaths & Provide Justice to Families
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
Menendez Leads Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
BOST VOTES AGAINST HOUSE AMNESTY BILL
Rep. Mike Bost
June 20, 2019
Schneider Statement on Iran
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 20, 2019
Casten Supports Opening Impeachment Inquiry into the President of the United States
Rep. Sean Casten
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "The people of Venezuela deserve better than this. We can't allow this President's short attention span to stop us from delivering on our promise to help the Venezuelan people rebuild their country. Boredom or fomenting a new crisis elsewhere is no excuse for inaction."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "Federal anti-money laundering laws should apply to all. The mega-rich and well-connected should not get a free pass."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "We can't continue to allow Russia and its Ukrainian separatist proxies to murder with impunity. We must support the International Investigators and our Dutch allies in their effort to hold those responsible for this crime accountable."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "The Saudi-led war in Yemen has been a humanitarian disaster -- leading to an estimated 85,000 children having already died of malnutrition. And the Saudi government and royal family continue to deny any involvement in Mr. Khashoggi's brutal disappearance and murder."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep. Sean Casten
June 20, 2019
Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative - LaHood, DelBene Urge Mnuchin and Lighthizer to Protect U.S. Digital Trade Interests
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 19, 2019
LaHood Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Patients in Rural Illinois Continue to Receive Critical Medical Services
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Joined @RepCheri & @SenDuckworth in a letter to DOT @SecElaineChao today expressing our strong support for the proposed state-supported Amtrak route between Chicago and Moline. I look forward to seeing this project through to the end."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Representatives García, Khanna Introduce Legislation to Boost Jobs and Wages
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 19, 2019
Durbin Receives Update From Venezuelan President Juan Guaido
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "If the FDA won't act on e-cigarettes, maybe @SecAzar will. I sent him a letter today, urging him to use his authority to intervene and force the FDA's hand. He must protect our children. This epidemic is only going to get worse."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Just got off the phone with interim Venezuelan President @jguaido. I told him that the U.S. continues to stand by the Venezuelan people's hope to rebuild and return their country to the community of democracies."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "American Insulin Scandal: Vial of Humalog from Eli Lilly cost $21 in 1996 -- now costs over $275. In Canada, the same drug costs $39 because their laws protect their citizens from price gouging. In 2016, Pres. Trump promised he would tackle Rx drug pricing. We're still waiting."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Mass arrests and mass deportations are not the answer. We must solve the root causes of this humanitarian crisis if we want to stem the flow of people who are coming to our border."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Durbin: Senate Has Responsibility To Address Humanitarian Crisis President Trump Has Created At Southwest Border
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Durbin To HHS Secretary: FDA Won't Act To Curb Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic, Will You?
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "The goal of our criminal justice system should be to rehabilitate and prepare prisoners for successful reentry into our society--that's why I worked on a bipartisan basis to pass the First Step Act into law last year."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Push DOT To Support Quad Cities Amtrak Route
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with the UN Resident Coordinator for Yemen, Lisa Grande. Sadly, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Congressman Casten's Priorities Featured In First Appropriations Package
Rep. Sean Casten
June 18, 2019
President Trump: Hate Does Not Make America Great
Rep. Chuy Garcia
June 18, 2019
Durbin Meets With Acting Director Of Bureau Of Prisons To Discuss Prison Reform
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 18, 2019
Tweet - "This Administration is itching for a war with Iran -- pure and simple. I might remind the President that the Constitution says it's the American people who make the decision about going to war through their elected members of Congress."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 18, 2019
Tweet - "Two weeks ago, I visited the Heartland Alliance's Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago with @janschakowsky to meet with refugees who fled the mounting violence in Cameroon. They told harrowing stories of the ongoing violence there."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 17, 2019
Brown Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Stop Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Date
Title
Politician
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "Bowing to industry special interests, the @USDA relied on sketchy data to justify a dangerous rule change -- and tried to hide that very same data from the public. I'm glad the OIG heeded my request to investigate this matter."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "I've been down to the facilities on our border, I've seen the detestable, inhumane conditions. People are scared to death, children are frightened. That is what this President wants."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "Raising the age is not enough. We must also get rid of the kid-friendly e-cigarette flavors that are addicting our children."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Tweet - "I've worked for years to make Big Pharma level with the American public. Disclosing drug prices in Rx TV ads is progress towards transparency and lower costs. Pharma's price gouging has to stop -- patients should come first."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Wyden, Merkley Join Senators to Press FDA for Stronger Response to Teen Tobacco Use
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 24, 2019
House Approves Bost Amendment to Reform Cairo Housing Authority
Rep.Mike Bost
June 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Benjamin Carson M.D., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Rep. Juan Vargas Leads Letter Urging HUD to Affirm Dreamers Eligibility for FHA Backed Mortgages
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 24, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Norman Sharpless, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Ten Years After Landmark Law To Fight Tobacco Addiction, Durbin Presses FDA For Stronger Response To Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 24, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 24, 2019
Tweet - "I'm increasingly concerned by the rising level of violence in Cameroon. Today, I met with the Cameroonian Ambassador to the US, Henri Etoundi Essomba, to discuss the ongoing repression in the country's Anglophone regions."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 24, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep.Mike Bost
June 24, 2019
Tweet - "Yesterday's elections in Istanbul were a win for democracy despite the government's pressure on political rivals, civil society, and the media."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 23, 2019
Tweet - "First, President Trump holds 800,000 federal workers hostage for his wall. Now he holds millions of families hostage to force Congress to jail children indefinitely. This is a small minded, mean spirited strategy always punishing others to get his way."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 21, 2019
Letter to J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois - Casten, Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider, Underwood Request Urgent Action from Governor, EPA in Response to Lake County Ethylene Oxide Results
Rep.Sean Casten
June 21, 2019
Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Casten, Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider, Underwood Request Urgent Action from Governor, EPA in Response to Lake County Ethylene Oxide Results
Rep.Sean Casten
June 21, 2019
Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill to Make Bankruptcy Relief Available for Student Loan Borrowers
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2019
Tweet - "Ten years ago the Tobacco Control Act was signed into law. Despite enormous progress on reducing cigarette use nationwide, FDA's lack of action on e-cigarettes and kid-friendly flavors has resulted in the largest single year increase in tobacco use."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 21, 2019
Tweet - "The two worst foreign policy decisions of the Trump Presidency: Becoming the only nation on earth to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and walking away from the international agreement to ban the production of nuclear weapons in Iran."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Duckworth, Senate Colleagues Introduce Bill to help Prevent Police-Involved Deaths & Provide Justice to Families
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
Menendez Leads Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2019
BOST VOTES AGAINST HOUSE AMNESTY BILL
Rep.Mike Bost
June 20, 2019
Schneider Statement on Iran
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 20, 2019
Casten Supports Opening Impeachment Inquiry into the President of the United States
Rep.Sean Casten
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "The people of Venezuela deserve better than this. We can't allow this President's short attention span to stop us from delivering on our promise to help the Venezuelan people rebuild their country. Boredom or fomenting a new crisis elsewhere is no excuse for inaction."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "Federal anti-money laundering laws should apply to all. The mega-rich and well-connected should not get a free pass."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "We can't continue to allow Russia and its Ukrainian separatist proxies to murder with impunity. We must support the International Investigators and our Dutch allies in their effort to hold those responsible for this crime accountable."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Tweet - "The Saudi-led war in Yemen has been a humanitarian disaster -- leading to an estimated 85,000 children having already died of malnutrition. And the Saudi government and royal family continue to deny any involvement in Mr. Khashoggi's brutal disappearance and murder."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2019
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Rep.Sean Casten
June 20, 2019
Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative - LaHood, DelBene Urge Mnuchin and Lighthizer to Protect U.S. Digital Trade Interests
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 19, 2019
LaHood Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Patients in Rural Illinois Continue to Receive Critical Medical Services
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Joined @RepCheri & @SenDuckworth in a letter to DOT @SecElaineChao today expressing our strong support for the proposed state-supported Amtrak route between Chicago and Moline. I look forward to seeing this project through to the end."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Representatives García, Khanna Introduce Legislation to Boost Jobs and Wages
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 19, 2019
Durbin Receives Update From Venezuelan President Juan Guaido
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "If the FDA won't act on e-cigarettes, maybe @SecAzar will. I sent him a letter today, urging him to use his authority to intervene and force the FDA's hand. He must protect our children. This epidemic is only going to get worse."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Just got off the phone with interim Venezuelan President @jguaido. I told him that the U.S. continues to stand by the Venezuelan people's hope to rebuild and return their country to the community of democracies."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "American Insulin Scandal: Vial of Humalog from Eli Lilly cost $21 in 1996 -- now costs over $275. In Canada, the same drug costs $39 because their laws protect their citizens from price gouging. In 2016, Pres. Trump promised he would tackle Rx drug pricing. We're still waiting."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Mass arrests and mass deportations are not the answer. We must solve the root causes of this humanitarian crisis if we want to stem the flow of people who are coming to our border."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Durbin: Senate Has Responsibility To Address Humanitarian Crisis President Trump Has Created At Southwest Border
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Durbin To HHS Secretary: FDA Won't Act To Curb Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic, Will You?
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "The goal of our criminal justice system should be to rehabilitate and prepare prisoners for successful reentry into our society--that's why I worked on a bipartisan basis to pass the First Step Act into law last year."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - Durbin, Duckworth, Bustos Push DOT To Support Quad Cities Amtrak Route
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 19, 2019
Tweet - "Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with the UN Resident Coordinator for Yemen, Lisa Grande. Sadly, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2019
Congressman Casten's Priorities Featured In First Appropriations Package
Rep.Sean Casten
June 18, 2019
President Trump: Hate Does Not Make America Great
Rep.Chuy Garcia
June 18, 2019
Durbin Meets With Acting Director Of Bureau Of Prisons To Discuss Prison Reform
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 18, 2019
Tweet - "This Administration is itching for a war with Iran -- pure and simple. I might remind the President that the Constitution says it's the American people who make the decision about going to war through their elected members of Congress."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 18, 2019
Tweet - "Two weeks ago, I visited the Heartland Alliance's Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago with @janschakowsky to meet with refugees who fled the mounting violence in Cameroon. They told harrowing stories of the ongoing violence there."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 17, 2019
Brown Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Stop Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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