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Jan. 19, 2018 Joint HPSCI Democratic Members Statement on Republican Talking Points Document Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Duckworth: Did Trump Administration Try to Cover Up Chaotic Implementation of Trump's First Unconstitutional Muslim Ban? Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 19, 2018 Bill Including Schneider Cybersecurity Amendment Passes House Rep. Brad Schneider
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges President to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration and Provide Adequate Funding Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 18, 2018 Tweet - "Today I urged the Trump Administration to send a new nominee to replace Brian Benczkowski. We need a head of the DOJ Criminal Division who is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 18, 2018 Tweet - "I spoke against Thomas Farr's judicial nomination, given his decades-long history of supporting efforts to restrict the right of minorities to vote." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 18, 2018 "Growing opioid crisis is NOT a priority for this White House or this President," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep. Robin Kelly
Jan. 18, 2018 Congressman Davis Introduces the Bail Fairnes Act of 2018 Rep. Danny Davis
Jan. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Without a free and open press, how can we hold a government and public officials accountable for their actions? The notion of "fake news" or "alternative facts" cannot be allowed to diminish our commitment to protecting this basic constitutional freedom." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 17, 2018 Schneider and Bost Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve School Safety Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Jan. 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Call for Strengthening of House-Passed Disaster Supplemental Bill, Equal Treatment and Necessary Relief for Puerto Ricans Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 17, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump is demanding $20 billion for an unrealistic wall -- that won't make us safer -- as a condition to give Dreamers a chance to be here in the U.S. legally. It's an outrageous way to handle the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 15, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 9, 2018 Tweet - "MORNING READ: A costly and ineffective border wall will not make America safer. Instead the White House should work with Congress on a bipartisan solution combining the #DreamAct and reasonable border security." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 8, 2018 Lawmakers File Amicus Brief Against Sessions' Efforts To Block Byrne-JAG Funds From American Cities Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 8, 2018 Tweet - "I've been clear from the start: I will consider reasonable border security measures to pass the #DreamActNow. $18 billion for a wall we don't need and the American people don't want doesn't fall into the "reasonable" category." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 2, 2018 Tweet - "More than 100 days after Hurricane Maria, over 1 million Puerto Ricans are still without power and thousands have been displaced. We must do better for our fellow Americans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "For the last 3 months, Puerto Rico has been without power, and without power there has been no reliable source of clean water, schools have remained closed, health care is questionable, and small businesses are struggling" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Grijalva and Chu Call for Investigation on Sexual Assaults in ICE Facilities Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - Reps. Deutch, Cicilline, Hill Lead 71 Members Pushing Vice President Mike Pence to Address Human Rights in Egypt Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Answers on Disciplinary Protections for Minority Students Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, the Hon. Adam Smith, the Hon. Edward Royce, the Hon. Eliot Engel, the Hon. Michael McCaul, the Hon. Bennie Thompson, the Hon. Devin Nunes, and the Hon. Adam Schiff - 42 Members of the House Call for Hearings on Sexual Misconduct in the National Security Workforce Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Call for Open and Transparent Debate Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 14, 2017 Tweet - "5 years ago today, 12 little girls, 8 little boys, and 6 educators were senselessly & heinously murdered at #SandyHook a mere 11 days before they were supposed to celebrate the Christmas holiday w their family & friends. It remains one of the darkest days of my time in Congress." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Not to Restrict Gun Violence Research in Appropriations Package Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Kelly, CBC Chair Introduce Legislation to Restore Government's Ability to Study Gun Violence Rep. Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - ".@NRA-backed bill to undermine state concealed carry laws just passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Earlier today, Police Chief Thomas Manger of the Major Cities Chiefs Association described the bill as "misguided" and "dangerous for his police officers." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Quigley Statement on Passage of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Rep. Mike Quigley
Dec. 6, 2017 Congresswoman Robin Kelly: "I'm heartbroken for families who will have loved ones taken from them because of this bad bill." Rep. Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "More than 91 Americans die every day from our nation's opioid crisis. Last year, the US Surgeon General sent these @CDCgov guidelines on responsible opioid prescribing to every doctor in the country." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Letter to Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Chairman Crowley, House Democrats Urge Republicans to Hold Hearings on the Rise of Hate Crimes Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Nov. 29, 2017 Meehan, Quigley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Alert Law Enforcement When Criminals Attempt to Acquire a Firearm Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
Nov. 29, 2017 Hearing of the Information Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Opening Statement of Rep. Robin Kelly, Hearing on "Cybersecurity of Voting Machines" Rep. Robin Kelly
Nov. 21, 2017 Tweet - "This decision is good news for the rule of law in America. Attorney General Sessions cannot hold hostage the federal funds our police departments count on to fight violent crime in cities like Chicago. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-trump-sanctuary-cities-funding-ruling-20171120-story.html …." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2017 Tweet - "My Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act would require the federal government to focus on the threat of violent white supremacists." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "Russia launched a cyber war against our election. They attacked our democracy. We need to be honest about what's at stake, not joke about it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "I've introduced legislation to ensure the FBI focuses on the real domestic terrorism threat -- violent white supremacists. http://bit.ly/2zMYAAn" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Durbin Introduces Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Violent white supremacist groups & other right-wing extremists are the most significant domestic terror threat facing the U.S. today. I'm introducing legislation to address that." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Letter to Charles S. Phalen, Jr., National Background Investigations Bureau - Has Anyone Other Than Jared Kushner Maintained A Security Clearance After Attempting To Establish A Secret Backchannel With A Foreign Power? Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 15, 2017 Bost Votes to Reform Federal Flood Insurance Rep. Mike Bost
Nov. 9, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Reverse Administration Decision to Expose Thousands to Dangerous Deportations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 8, 2017 In Wake of Russian Hacking, Quigley Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Paper Act to Strengthen Cybersecurity Defenses of State Elections Rep. Mike Quigley
Nov. 8, 2017 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation to Ban Assault Weapons Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 8, 2017 Tweet - "I joined @SenFeinstein to introduce an assault weapons ban. Weapons of war don't belong on America's streets." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 8, 2017 Tweet - "In the wake of Hurricane Maria & Irma, many Puerto Ricans continue to be exposed to unsafe water--including streams and rivers contaminated by raw sewage" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 7, 2017 Tweet - "311 days into 2017 and America has already seen 307 mass shootings. We can't go back to business as usual." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Jan. 19, 2018 Joint HPSCI Democratic Members Statement on Republican Talking Points Document Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Jan. 19, 2018 Duckworth: Did Trump Administration Try to Cover Up Chaotic Implementation of Trump's First Unconstitutional Muslim Ban? Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 19, 2018 Bill Including Schneider Cybersecurity Amendment Passes House Rep.Brad Schneider
Jan. 19, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Bipartisan Heroin Task Force Urges President to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration and Provide Adequate Funding Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Jan. 18, 2018 Tweet - "Today I urged the Trump Administration to send a new nominee to replace Brian Benczkowski. We need a head of the DOJ Criminal Division who is free and clear from Russian connections." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 18, 2018 Tweet - "I spoke against Thomas Farr's judicial nomination, given his decades-long history of supporting efforts to restrict the right of minorities to vote." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 18, 2018 "Growing opioid crisis is NOT a priority for this White House or this President," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep.Robin Kelly
Jan. 18, 2018 Congressman Davis Introduces the Bail Fairnes Act of 2018 Rep.Danny Davis
Jan. 17, 2018 Tweet - "Without a free and open press, how can we hold a government and public officials accountable for their actions? The notion of "fake news" or "alternative facts" cannot be allowed to diminish our commitment to protecting this basic constitutional freedom." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 17, 2018 Schneider and Bost Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve School Safety Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Jan. 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Call for Strengthening of House-Passed Disaster Supplemental Bill, Equal Treatment and Necessary Relief for Puerto Ricans Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 17, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump is demanding $20 billion for an unrealistic wall -- that won't make us safer -- as a condition to give Dreamers a chance to be here in the U.S. legally. It's an outrageous way to handle the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 15, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Jan. 9, 2018 Tweet - "MORNING READ: A costly and ineffective border wall will not make America safer. Instead the White House should work with Congress on a bipartisan solution combining the #DreamAct and reasonable border security." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 8, 2018 Lawmakers File Amicus Brief Against Sessions' Efforts To Block Byrne-JAG Funds From American Cities Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 8, 2018 Tweet - "I've been clear from the start: I will consider reasonable border security measures to pass the #DreamActNow. $18 billion for a wall we don't need and the American people don't want doesn't fall into the "reasonable" category." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 2, 2018 Tweet - "More than 100 days after Hurricane Maria, over 1 million Puerto Ricans are still without power and thousands have been displaced. We must do better for our fellow Americans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Tweet - "For the last 3 months, Puerto Rico has been without power, and without power there has been no reliable source of clean water, schools have remained closed, health care is questionable, and small businesses are struggling" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Grijalva and Chu Call for Investigation on Sexual Assaults in ICE Facilities Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Dec. 18, 2017 Letter to Vice President Mike Pence - Reps. Deutch, Cicilline, Hill Lead 71 Members Pushing Vice President Mike Pence to Address Human Rights in Egypt Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Answers on Disciplinary Protections for Minority Students Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, the Hon. Adam Smith, the Hon. Edward Royce, the Hon. Eliot Engel, the Hon. Michael McCaul, the Hon. Bennie Thompson, the Hon. Devin Nunes, and the Hon. Adam Schiff - 42 Members of the House Call for Hearings on Sexual Misconduct in the National Security Workforce Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Call for Open and Transparent Debate Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 14, 2017 Tweet - "5 years ago today, 12 little girls, 8 little boys, and 6 educators were senselessly & heinously murdered at #SandyHook a mere 11 days before they were supposed to celebrate the Christmas holiday w their family & friends. It remains one of the darkest days of my time in Congress." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Not to Restrict Gun Violence Research in Appropriations Package Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 12, 2017 Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of Office of Management and Budget - Additional Federal Opioid Relief Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Kelly, CBC Chair Introduce Legislation to Restore Government's Ability to Study Gun Violence Rep.Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - ".@NRA-backed bill to undermine state concealed carry laws just passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. Earlier today, Police Chief Thomas Manger of the Major Cities Chiefs Association described the bill as "misguided" and "dangerous for his police officers." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Quigley Statement on Passage of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Rep.Mike Quigley
Dec. 6, 2017 Congresswoman Robin Kelly: "I'm heartbroken for families who will have loved ones taken from them because of this bad bill." Rep.Robin Kelly
Dec. 6, 2017 Tweet - "More than 91 Americans die every day from our nation's opioid crisis. Last year, the US Surgeon General sent these @CDCgov guidelines on responsible opioid prescribing to every doctor in the country." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Letter to Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Chairman Crowley, House Democrats Urge Republicans to Hold Hearings on the Rise of Hate Crimes Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Nov. 29, 2017 Meehan, Quigley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Alert Law Enforcement When Criminals Attempt to Acquire a Firearm Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
Nov. 29, 2017 Hearing of the Information Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Opening Statement of Rep. Robin Kelly, Hearing on "Cybersecurity of Voting Machines" Rep.Robin Kelly
Nov. 21, 2017 Tweet - "This decision is good news for the rule of law in America. Attorney General Sessions cannot hold hostage the federal funds our police departments count on to fight violent crime in cities like Chicago. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-trump-sanctuary-cities-funding-ruling-20171120-story.html …." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2017 Tweet - "My Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act would require the federal government to focus on the threat of violent white supremacists." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "Russia launched a cyber war against our election. They attacked our democracy. We need to be honest about what's at stake, not joke about it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "I've introduced legislation to ensure the FBI focuses on the real domestic terrorism threat -- violent white supremacists. http://bit.ly/2zMYAAn" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Durbin Introduces Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Violent white supremacist groups & other right-wing extremists are the most significant domestic terror threat facing the U.S. today. I'm introducing legislation to address that." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Letter to Charles S. Phalen, Jr., National Background Investigations Bureau - Has Anyone Other Than Jared Kushner Maintained A Security Clearance After Attempting To Establish A Secret Backchannel With A Foreign Power? Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 15, 2017 Bost Votes to Reform Federal Flood Insurance Rep.Mike Bost
Nov. 9, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Reverse Administration Decision to Expose Thousands to Dangerous Deportations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 8, 2017 In Wake of Russian Hacking, Quigley Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Paper Act to Strengthen Cybersecurity Defenses of State Elections Rep.Mike Quigley
Nov. 8, 2017 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation to Ban Assault Weapons Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 8, 2017 Tweet - "I joined @SenFeinstein to introduce an assault weapons ban. Weapons of war don't belong on America's streets." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 8, 2017 Tweet - "In the wake of Hurricane Maria & Irma, many Puerto Ricans continue to be exposed to unsafe water--including streams and rivers contaminated by raw sewage" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 7, 2017 Tweet - "311 days into 2017 and America has already seen 307 mass shootings. We can't go back to business as usual." Sen.Dick Durbin
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