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Sept. 12, 2018
Tweet - "I'm glad the FDA has agreed with my repeated calls to crack down on e-cigarette companies that peddle kid-appealing flavors. This is a health epidemic, and FDA must follow through with today's announcement to protect youth from these dangerous and addictive products."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2018
Duckworth Meets With Southeast Chicago Residents to Discuss Toxic Pollution Threatening Their Community
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi - Congressman Lowenthal Leads Effort Calling On House Leadership To Protect The Endangered Species Act And Conservation
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Heidi King, Deputy Administrator - Senators Murray, Cantwell Urge President Trump's EPA to Extend Public Comment Period for Proposed Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 7, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Young, Brown Lead Senators in Urging Administration to Invest in Efforts to Defeat Tuberculosis
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth Join New Effort To Protect Seniors And Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his dissent in Garza v. Hargan. This case involved a 17-year-old young woman who sought an abortion in Texas while in immigration custody. She took every step required by law to move forward with her decision."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018
Tweet - "The future of the ACA and coverage for pre-existing conditions are at stake with the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh -- and his views on this landmark law are clear. #WhatsAtStake"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018
Casten: Roskam Puts Chemical Industry Over Public Safety
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 31, 2018
Casten: What's Good for The Koch Brothers Is Bad for Sixth District Families
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Senator Hassan Leads Colleagues in Urging FCC to Maintain Focus on Maternal Health in Telehealth Pilot Program
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Tweet - "JUUL and other flavored e-cigarettes are pulling a page out of Big Tobacco's playbook to hook a generation of kids into a lifelong addiction. @lisamurkowski and I have intro'd a bill to restrict these kid-appealing flavors."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 27, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Gov. Rauner's Health Care Whiplash
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "It may not be the biggest news story of the week but one of the most surprising: an evening tweet from Pres Trump praising an unnamed (Durbin-@ChuckGrassley) amendment which would require Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs on all of their ads."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Pharma tells you every detail in their ads about their high priced drugs EXCEPT the price. New Durbin-Grassley amendment would require honest price disclosure on all ads."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday the Senate passed a 5.4% increase for @NIH funding. We can't stop there - in order to make a real difference, investments to our medical research agencies must be sustained year after year."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Today, Republicans held a vote to defund Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor, and it failed. I voted no on behalf of the millions of women who use it for their health care needs."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works - Democratic Senators Call for Hearing on Trump Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Roll-back
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - In Bipartisan Effort, Senators Murray, Blunt, Heitkamp, Grassley Urge EPA to Boost Biodiesel, Support Jobs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - House Democrats Urge Epa Chief to Suspend Efforts to Weaken Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Concern with Administration's Push for Medicaid Work Requirements
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's health care policies are raising premium costs on Americans. Don't take my word for it, just read this nonpartisan report that has the facts:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The pharmaceutical industry spends $6 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements, steering patients to buy more expensive, sometimes unnecessary drugs. What is left out of these ads? The price tag."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018
Durbin Applauds Bipartisan Passage Of Amendments Establishing Firefighters Cancer Registry
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Duckworth: Kavanaugh's Confirmation to Supreme Court Would Threaten Access to Health Care for Women of Color
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Make communities less clean. Prop up corporate interests. Cede global leadership on combating climate change. That is the Trump Administration's #DirtyPowerPlan strategy for our environment and public health. Our kids and grandkids deserve better."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Undoing Progress on Clean Energy
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "The #CleanPowerPlan's goals were to reduce CO2 emissions by 32% below 2005 levels. According to @EIAgov, the U.S. was already at 28% below 2005 levels in 2017. Pulling back on this goal was foolish."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018
Senators File Formal Comment on Epa Science Rule
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Tweet - "Today I joined my colleague @SenJohnKennedy in commending the DEA for taking steps--three years in a row--to reduce the number of opioids allowed to be produced in the U.S. by Big Pharma https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-kennedy-applaud-dea-for-lowering-opioid-quotas-for-third-year-in-a-row "
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018
Tweet - "There is a growing recognition that we need to take a serious look at how many of these pills are allowed to flood our markets & streets. We cannot continue to lose 115 Americans each day - more than 42,000 a year - to opioid overdoses. Prevention is critical."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018
Senators Introduce Bill to Help Americans Hurt by Medical Debt
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Senators File Formal Comment on EPA Science Rule
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Sens. Kennedy (R-La.) And Durbin (D-Ill.) Praise The DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Durbin, Kennedy Applaud DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018
Tweet - "There are solutions on the table both parties can agree on to fight this scourge - like strengthening DEA and FDA oversight of Big Pharma, promoting responsible prescribing, expanding drug treatment, and supporting our first responders."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018
Tweet - "There's not a zip code in America that isn't grappling with the effect of opioids and fentanyl in their communities. I'm working on several bills to tackle this epidemic and address addiction in America."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018
As Big Pharma Rakes In Profits At Patients' Expense, Durbin Calls For Action On Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Cost
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018
Tweet - "Instead of tweeting, the President and Congressional Republicans should join Democrats in taking action to help lower prescription drug costs for families, like allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for seniors."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 12, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Holds Forum On Climate Change With WGN Meteorologist Tom Skilling
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 10, 2018
Feminist Majority Pac Endorses Casten for Congress
Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 9, 2018
Tweet - "Exposure to manganese dust can cause serious neurological effects, learning difficulties, and memory loss. I continue to urge the EPA to use its authority to require more facilities to install air monitors to track manganese and other toxic metals."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018
Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force
Rep. Mike Bost
Date
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Sept. 12, 2018
Tweet - "I'm glad the FDA has agreed with my repeated calls to crack down on e-cigarette companies that peddle kid-appealing flavors. This is a health epidemic, and FDA must follow through with today's announcement to protect youth from these dangerous and addictive products."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 12, 2018
Duckworth Meets With Southeast Chicago Residents to Discuss Toxic Pollution Threatening Their Community
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi - Congressman Lowenthal Leads Effort Calling On House Leadership To Protect The Endangered Species Act And Conservation
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Heidi King, Deputy Administrator - Senators Murray, Cantwell Urge President Trump's EPA to Extend Public Comment Period for Proposed Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 7, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Young, Brown Lead Senators in Urging Administration to Invest in Efforts to Defeat Tuberculosis
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Durbin, Duckworth Join New Effort To Protect Seniors And Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his dissent in Garza v. Hargan. This case involved a 17-year-old young woman who sought an abortion in Texas while in immigration custody. She took every step required by law to move forward with her decision."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018
Tweet - "The future of the ACA and coverage for pre-existing conditions are at stake with the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh -- and his views on this landmark law are clear. #WhatsAtStake"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018
Casten: Roskam Puts Chemical Industry Over Public Safety
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 31, 2018
Casten: What's Good for The Koch Brothers Is Bad for Sixth District Families
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Senator Hassan Leads Colleagues in Urging FCC to Maintain Focus on Maternal Health in Telehealth Pilot Program
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 27, 2018
Tweet - "JUUL and other flavored e-cigarettes are pulling a page out of Big Tobacco's playbook to hook a generation of kids into a lifelong addiction. @lisamurkowski and I have intro'd a bill to restrict these kid-appealing flavors."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 27, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Gov. Rauner's Health Care Whiplash
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "It may not be the biggest news story of the week but one of the most surprising: an evening tweet from Pres Trump praising an unnamed (Durbin-@ChuckGrassley) amendment which would require Pharma to disclose the price of their drugs on all of their ads."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 25, 2018
Tweet - "Pharma tells you every detail in their ads about their high priced drugs EXCEPT the price. New Durbin-Grassley amendment would require honest price disclosure on all ads."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday the Senate passed a 5.4% increase for @NIH funding. We can't stop there - in order to make a real difference, investments to our medical research agencies must be sustained year after year."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018
Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Today, Republicans held a vote to defund Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor, and it failed. I voted no on behalf of the millions of women who use it for their health care needs."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Barrasso, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works - Democratic Senators Call for Hearing on Trump Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Roll-back
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Keep Anti-Environment Policy Riders Out of Senate Farm Bill Conference Report
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - In Bipartisan Effort, Senators Murray, Blunt, Heitkamp, Grassley Urge EPA to Boost Biodiesel, Support Jobs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - House Democrats Urge Epa Chief to Suspend Efforts to Weaken Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, HHS and the Hon. Seema Verma, CMS - Concern with Administration's Push for Medicaid Work Requirements
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Aug. 23, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's health care policies are raising premium costs on Americans. Don't take my word for it, just read this nonpartisan report that has the facts:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2018
Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018
Tweet - "The pharmaceutical industry spends $6 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements, steering patients to buy more expensive, sometimes unnecessary drugs. What is left out of these ads? The price tag."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 21, 2018
Durbin Applauds Bipartisan Passage Of Amendments Establishing Firefighters Cancer Registry
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Duckworth: Kavanaugh's Confirmation to Supreme Court Would Threaten Access to Health Care for Women of Color
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Make communities less clean. Prop up corporate interests. Cede global leadership on combating climate change. That is the Trump Administration's #DirtyPowerPlan strategy for our environment and public health. Our kids and grandkids deserve better."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Undoing Progress on Clean Energy
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "The #CleanPowerPlan's goals were to reduce CO2 emissions by 32% below 2005 levels. According to @EIAgov, the U.S. was already at 28% below 2005 levels in 2017. Pulling back on this goal was foolish."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 17, 2018
Senators File Formal Comment on Epa Science Rule
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Tweet - "Today I joined my colleague @SenJohnKennedy in commending the DEA for taking steps--three years in a row--to reduce the number of opioids allowed to be produced in the U.S. by Big Pharma https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-kennedy-applaud-dea-for-lowering-opioid-quotas-for-third-year-in-a-row "
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018
Tweet - "There is a growing recognition that we need to take a serious look at how many of these pills are allowed to flood our markets & streets. We cannot continue to lose 115 Americans each day - more than 42,000 a year - to opioid overdoses. Prevention is critical."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2018
Senators Introduce Bill to Help Americans Hurt by Medical Debt
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Senators File Formal Comment on EPA Science Rule
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Sens. Kennedy (R-La.) And Durbin (D-Ill.) Praise The DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 16, 2018
Durbin, Kennedy Applaud DEA For Lowering Opioid Quotas For Third Year In A Row
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018
Tweet - "There are solutions on the table both parties can agree on to fight this scourge - like strengthening DEA and FDA oversight of Big Pharma, promoting responsible prescribing, expanding drug treatment, and supporting our first responders."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 15, 2018
Tweet - "There's not a zip code in America that isn't grappling with the effect of opioids and fentanyl in their communities. I'm working on several bills to tackle this epidemic and address addiction in America."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018
As Big Pharma Rakes In Profits At Patients' Expense, Durbin Calls For Action On Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Cost
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2018
Tweet - "Instead of tweeting, the President and Congressional Republicans should join Democrats in taking action to help lower prescription drug costs for families, like allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for seniors."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 12, 2018
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Holds Forum On Climate Change With WGN Meteorologist Tom Skilling
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 10, 2018
Feminist Majority Pac Endorses Casten for Congress
Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 9, 2018
Tweet - "Exposure to manganese dust can cause serious neurological effects, learning difficulties, and memory loss. I continue to urge the EPA to use its authority to require more facilities to install air monitors to track manganese and other toxic metals."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018
Bost Hosts Opioid Task Force
Rep.Mike Bost
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