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July 13, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Israeli Nation-State Bill Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 13, 2018 Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values." Sen. Dick Durbin
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 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 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 Members of Congress Release Statement Opposing Demolition In Khan Al-Ahmar Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative to the United Nations - US Opposition to International Breastfeeding Resolution Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018 Durbin Meets With HUD Inspector General Nominee Rae Oliver Davis Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018 Letter to Governor Rauner - Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes in Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
July 12, 2018 Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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 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 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider
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 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 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 Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Brian Benczkowski Sen. Dick Durbin
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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Session 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 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 - "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. Dick Durbin, ...
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 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 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 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 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 - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans have scheduled the first procedural vote on the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. Mr. Benczkowski is the wrong person for this job." Sen. Dick Durbin
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 Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children Rep. Bill Foster
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 Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose Rep. Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Extremely disappointed by this decision. These are completely trumped up and ridiculous charges for two journalists who did their job by reporting ethic cleansing atrocities in Myanmar. Once again calling on the Burmese government to release them." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen. Dick Durbin
July 7, 2018 Tweet - "We must send a clear message that DOJ will stand strong against Russian meddling. That means withdrawing the Benczkowski nomination and putting in a DOJ Criminal Division head who has real prosecutorial experience and is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Concerned about the Palestinian villages of #Khan al-Ahmar and #Susiya. Hopefully, Israel will do the right thing and halt plans to demolish homes and displace entire communities." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Pruitt made a mess of the environment and a mockery of ethical conduct. This resignation is a long time coming." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
July 13, 2018 Schakowsky Statement On The Israeli Nation-State Bill Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 13, 2018 Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values." Sen.Dick Durbin
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 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 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 Members of Congress Release Statement Opposing Demolition In Khan Al-Ahmar Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 Letter to the Honorable Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative to the United Nations - US Opposition to International Breastfeeding Resolution Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018 Durbin Meets With HUD Inspector General Nominee Rae Oliver Davis Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018 Letter to Governor Rauner - Racial Disparities In Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes in Illinois Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
July 12, 2018 Duckworth Votes Against Paul Ney to be U.S. Department of Defense General Counsel Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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 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 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Rep.Brad Schneider
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 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 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 Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Brian Benczkowski Sen.Dick Durbin
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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Session 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 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 - "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.Dick Durbin, ...
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 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 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 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 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 - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Today Senate Republicans have scheduled the first procedural vote on the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. Mr. Benczkowski is the wrong person for this job." Sen.Dick Durbin
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 Tweet - "And in light of the ongoing Russia investigation, is it a coincidence that President Trump picked a nominee who has expressed staunch opposition to criminal investigations of sitting Presidents?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children Rep.Bill Foster
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 Sean Casten Commits to Protecting Women's Right to Choose Rep.Sean Casten
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Extremely disappointed by this decision. These are completely trumped up and ridiculous charges for two journalists who did their job by reporting ethic cleansing atrocities in Myanmar. Once again calling on the Burmese government to release them." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen.Dick Durbin
July 7, 2018 Tweet - "We must send a clear message that DOJ will stand strong against Russian meddling. That means withdrawing the Benczkowski nomination and putting in a DOJ Criminal Division head who has real prosecutorial experience and is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2018 Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senators Call on CDC to better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Concerned about the Palestinian villages of #Khan al-Ahmar and #Susiya. Hopefully, Israel will do the right thing and halt plans to demolish homes and displace entire communities." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Pruitt made a mess of the environment and a mockery of ethical conduct. This resignation is a long time coming." Sen.Dick Durbin
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