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July 30, 2018 CNBC - Our Bipartisan Bill Will Force Drug Companies to Justify 'Drastic' Price Hikes Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 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 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 - "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 - "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 - "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 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 29, 2018 Tweet - ".@hunsencambodia and his thugs threatening the voters of #Cambodia does not make a free and fair election." 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 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 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 - "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 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 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 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: Rosenstein Impeachment Resolution Is Naked Attempt To Kneecap Mueller - If They're Serious, House Leadership Should Hold A Vote Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 26, 2018 Reps. Cohen, DeLauro and Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Childhood Obesity Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Democrats Offer A Better Deal for Rural American Entrepreneurs Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 26, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Statement On Inspector General Report Evaluating HUD's Oversight Of Alexander Housing County Authority Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the Hon. Caroline Hunter, Chair of the Federal Election Commission, and the Hon. Ellen Weintraub, Vice Chair of the FEC - Demand Investigation into Trump Foundation Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Gopal Khanna, Directer of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Foster Demands Open Access to Health Care Guidelines Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 26, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Dick Durbin
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, ...
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Even as we mark the court ordered deadline, hundreds of children who the Trump Administration forcibly separated from their parents are still not reunited with their families. What an outrage - I will keep fighting until every child is reunited with their parent." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "The House Republican effort to impeach Rod Rosenstein is a political stunt, going nowhere. But it is proof positive that there are GOP loyalists determined to stop the Mueller investigation at every step of the way." 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 Schakowsky Statement on the Anniversary of the ADA Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 26, 2018 On the Anniversary of the ADA, Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduces the Inclusive Home Design Act Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 26, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Rep. Davis Statement on Articles of Impeachment Against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rep. Danny Davis
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "Glad the HELP committee approved my Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act today. This a big step forward for millions of children and adults who are living with a CHD. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-casey-reintroduce-bill-to-support-congenital-heart-defect-research …" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jefferson B. Sessions, Attorney General and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Schneider Leads Illinois House Delegation Letter Urging Federal Action to Improve Election Security Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to Peter O'Rourke, Acting Secretary of Veteran Affairs - Protect Veterans from Political Agendas at VA Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 On Eve Of The ADA's 28th Anniversary, Duckworth Highlights Need To Protect And Expand Disability Rights Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 25, 2018 Quigley Offers Amendment to Combat ICE's Inhumane and Ineffective Detention Policy Rep. Mike Quigley
July 25, 2018 Clark and Durbin Introduce Haiti and Armenia Reforestation Bill Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Reichert, Brady, W&M Republicans Urge President to Meet with China Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael Missal, Inspector General for the Department of Veteran Affairs - Political Influence at VA Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Unveil Report Documenting Republican Attacks on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 24, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce $70,000 For Strategic Economic Planning In Western Illinois Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "Amid President Trump's deeply troubling mix of lies, and his naïve & dangerous cozying up to foreign dictators who want to weaken our nation & democracy, where are today's Republicans who are willing to stand up to him?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "Senate just passed my amendment with @SenatorWicker 99-0 that will provide an audit of Amtrak on-time performance (OTP). Bad OTP threatens Amtrak's long term financial viability, and this audit will provide data that can help us improve passenger rail service." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Rod J. Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Honorable Lee J. Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration for the U.S. Department of Justice - Senators Press DOJ on New Criminal Division Head's Ethics Agreements, Recusals Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 23, 2018 Members of Congress Return From Visit to Detention Center, Border Patrol Processing Center & Port of Entry in Texas Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Date Title Politician
July 30, 2018 CNBC - Our Bipartisan Bill Will Force Drug Companies to Justify 'Drastic' Price Hikes Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 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 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 - "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 - "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 - "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 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 29, 2018 Tweet - ".@hunsencambodia and his thugs threatening the voters of #Cambodia does not make a free and fair election." 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 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 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 - "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 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 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 Congressman Krishnamoorthi: Rosenstein Impeachment Resolution Is Naked Attempt To Kneecap Mueller - If They're Serious, House Leadership Should Hold A Vote Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
July 26, 2018 Reps. Cohen, DeLauro and Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Childhood Obesity Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Democrats Offer A Better Deal for Rural American Entrepreneurs Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 26, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Statement On Inspector General Report Evaluating HUD's Oversight Of Alexander Housing County Authority Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the Hon. Caroline Hunter, Chair of the Federal Election Commission, and the Hon. Ellen Weintraub, Vice Chair of the FEC - Demand Investigation into Trump Foundation Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Gopal Khanna, Directer of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Foster Demands Open Access to Health Care Guidelines Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 26, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Dick Durbin
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, ...
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Even as we mark the court ordered deadline, hundreds of children who the Trump Administration forcibly separated from their parents are still not reunited with their families. What an outrage - I will keep fighting until every child is reunited with their parent." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "The House Republican effort to impeach Rod Rosenstein is a political stunt, going nowhere. But it is proof positive that there are GOP loyalists determined to stop the Mueller investigation at every step of the way." 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 Schakowsky Statement on the Anniversary of the ADA Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 26, 2018 On the Anniversary of the ADA, Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduces the Inclusive Home Design Act Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 26, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Rep. Davis Statement on Articles of Impeachment Against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rep.Danny Davis
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "Glad the HELP committee approved my Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act today. This a big step forward for millions of children and adults who are living with a CHD. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-casey-reintroduce-bill-to-support-congenital-heart-defect-research …" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jefferson B. Sessions, Attorney General and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Schneider Leads Illinois House Delegation Letter Urging Federal Action to Improve Election Security Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to Peter O'Rourke, Acting Secretary of Veteran Affairs - Protect Veterans from Political Agendas at VA Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 On Eve Of The ADA's 28th Anniversary, Duckworth Highlights Need To Protect And Expand Disability Rights Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 25, 2018 Quigley Offers Amendment to Combat ICE's Inhumane and Ineffective Detention Policy Rep.Mike Quigley
July 25, 2018 Clark and Durbin Introduce Haiti and Armenia Reforestation Bill Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Reichert, Brady, W&M Republicans Urge President to Meet with China Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Michael Missal, Inspector General for the Department of Veteran Affairs - Political Influence at VA Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 25, 2018 Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Unveil Report Documenting Republican Attacks on Seniors Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 24, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce $70,000 For Strategic Economic Planning In Western Illinois Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "Amid President Trump's deeply troubling mix of lies, and his naïve & dangerous cozying up to foreign dictators who want to weaken our nation & democracy, where are today's Republicans who are willing to stand up to him?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "Senate just passed my amendment with @SenatorWicker 99-0 that will provide an audit of Amtrak on-time performance (OTP). Bad OTP threatens Amtrak's long term financial viability, and this audit will provide data that can help us improve passenger rail service." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Rod J. Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Honorable Lee J. Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration for the U.S. Department of Justice - Senators Press DOJ on New Criminal Division Head's Ethics Agreements, Recusals Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 23, 2018 Members of Congress Return From Visit to Detention Center, Border Patrol Processing Center & Port of Entry in Texas Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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