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May 10, 2018 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 Rep. Brad Schneider
May 10, 2018 Durbin Presses Trump Administration To Take Stronger Action To Protect Kids From E-Cigarette Addiction Sen. Dick Durbin
May 10, 2018 Ahead of President Trump's Speech On Drug Prices -- Democrats Outline Report On The Rising Cost Of Rx Drugs Under Trump Administration & Push President To Endorse Democrats' Bold Proposal to Give Americans A Better Deal On Rx Drug Prices Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 10, 2018 Schneider Amendment to Aid Communities with Stranded Nuclear Waste Passes House of Representatives Rep. Brad Schneider
May 9, 2018 "Hundreds of American Mothers Are Dying, It's Time for Congress to Do Something about It," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep. Robin Kelly
May 9, 2018 Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force Lays Out Priorities for Trump to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 9, 2018 Legionnaires' Outbreaks At Ivh Quincy Sen. Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018 Prescription Drug Prices Are Skyrocketing Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 8, 2018 Letter to Carl Icahn, Chairman of the Board for Icahn Enterprise, L.P. - Questions Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver for Icahn's Refinery Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Questions Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver for Icahn's Refinery Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "These junk insurance plans would once again allow health insurance companies to refuse coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, raise premiums significantly for older Americans, and exclude basic benefits such as maternity care or prescription drugs." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018 Manchin, Durbin and Markey Urge FDA to Remove High-Dose Opioids From the Market Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Push for 90-day Comment Period on New EPA "Selective Science" Policy Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottllieb, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Markey, Durbin, Manchin Press FDA to Heed Public Health Requests, Remove Ultra-High Dosage Opioids From the Market Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 2, 2018 Tweet - "Four out of five heroin users report that their addiction began with a prescription for opioids. We need to look at the upstream factors causing this crisis, like drug companies that flood the market with 14 billion opioid tablets a year." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018 Duckworth Announces Support for Legislation Expanding Access to Medicare Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "Last year, I released a study showing the Trump Administration's deliberate efforts to undermine the ACA and the impact of this sabotage on patients and families across Illinois https://www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Durbin%20Sabotage%20and%20OE%20Report%20-%20FINAL.pdf …" Sen. Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "In 2009, we banned cigarette companies from marketing flavored cigarettes, because we knew they were meant to appeal to kids. But that is exactly what companies are now doing with e-cigarettes that come in kid-appealing flavors such as mango, double apple, and chocolate cake." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Ferguson, 152 Colleagues Call for Updates to Family Planning Program Rep. Mike Bost, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Issue New Title X Regulations Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Don't Weaken Coal Ash Rule Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Edmund Brown, Governor of California, the Hon. Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts, the Hon. Dannel Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, the Hon. Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, the Hon. John Carney, Governor of Delaware, the Hon. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Paul LePage, Governor of Maine, the Hon. Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island, the Hon. Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland, the Hon. Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont, the Hon. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, the Hon. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, the Hon. Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, and the Hon. Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia - Markey Leads Colleagues in Defense of States That Have Adopted Ambitious Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Lisa Murkowski, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Tom Udall, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Stabenow, Peters Lead Bipartisan Call for Full Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in Next Year's Spending Bill Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Adapt Act Rep. Brad Schneider
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the EPA - Opposing EPA's Clean Power Plan Repeal Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, US Sen. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Urge a Farm Bill Free of Environmental Poison Pill Riders Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Quigley Speaks At AFGE Rally, Calls For Pruitt To Immediately Resign As EPA Administrator Rep. Mike Quigley
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Appropriations Committee to Prioritize International Family Planning Programs in Upcoming Spending Bill Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Reinstate Longstanding Toxic Air Pollution Protections Rep. Bill Foster, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Task Force Co-Chairs Call for Fully Funded EPA Ahead of Pruitt's Testimony to Congress Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Rural Relief Members Lay Out Priorities to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep. Mike Bost, ...
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky: Republicans Are "Burying Their Heads in the Sand' on Prescription Drug Costs Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 25, 2018 Lahood, Davis, Kinzinger, And Clarke Introduce Bill To Fight Opioid Abuse Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 25, 2018 Earth Day 2018 Sen. Dick Durbin
April 24, 2018 Tweet - "The @EPA is trying to gut protections against dirty #coalash waste. Utilities must continue to test the water near their toxic coal ash dumps to make sure hazardous chemicals don't leak into drinking water. Tell the EPA to #protectcleanwater:" Sen. Dick Durbin
April 24, 2018 Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
April 24, 2018 Durbin Statement On FDA Announcement Of New Enforcement Actions To Protect Youth & Teens From Using JUUL & Other E-Cigarettes Sen. Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Halt Expansion of Junk Health Insurance Plans Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "Health insurance that doesn't cover prescription drug costs, maternity care, or basic health screenings? That doesn't accept people with pre-ex conditions? And leads to higher costs for older Americans? Those are #JunkPlans -- higher costs, worse coverage, and discrimination." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "By taking one look at a JUUL advertisement, it's abundantly clear they have dusted off Big Tobacco's old marketing playbook and are obviously trying to market their products to our children and teens. I'm pleased the FDA agrees with me that we have to do more." Sen. Dick Durbin
April 22, 2018 For Earth Day, Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Protect Our Drinking Water Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commissions, FDA - Marketing Addictive E-Cigarette Vaping Product To Teens, Urge FDA To Take Swift Action Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to Kevin Burns, CEO, JUUL Labs, Inc. - Answers On Marketing Addictive E-Cigarette Vaping Product To Teens, Urge FDA To Take Swift Action Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Pro-Choice Leaders in the House: Republicans Must Stop Undermining Title X & TPPP Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 17, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
April 17, 2018 Duckworth: Scott Pruitt Must Resign Immediately or Be Fired Sen. Ladda Duckworth
April 16, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: "It's Hard To Believe That He Still Has His Job" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 13, 2018 FDA Answers Brown, Blumenthal, Durbin Call to Ban Deadly Powdered Caffeine Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Date Title Politician
May 10, 2018 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 Rep.Brad Schneider
May 10, 2018 Durbin Presses Trump Administration To Take Stronger Action To Protect Kids From E-Cigarette Addiction Sen.Dick Durbin
May 10, 2018 Ahead of President Trump's Speech On Drug Prices -- Democrats Outline Report On The Rising Cost Of Rx Drugs Under Trump Administration & Push President To Endorse Democrats' Bold Proposal to Give Americans A Better Deal On Rx Drug Prices Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 10, 2018 Schneider Amendment to Aid Communities with Stranded Nuclear Waste Passes House of Representatives Rep.Brad Schneider
May 9, 2018 "Hundreds of American Mothers Are Dying, It's Time for Congress to Do Something about It," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly Rep.Robin Kelly
May 9, 2018 Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force Lays Out Priorities for Trump to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 9, 2018 Legionnaires' Outbreaks At Ivh Quincy Sen.Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018 Prescription Drug Prices Are Skyrocketing Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 8, 2018 Letter to Carl Icahn, Chairman of the Board for Icahn Enterprise, L.P. - Questions Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver for Icahn's Refinery Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Questions Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver for Icahn's Refinery Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 7, 2018 Tweet - "These junk insurance plans would once again allow health insurance companies to refuse coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, raise premiums significantly for older Americans, and exclude basic benefits such as maternity care or prescription drugs." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018 Manchin, Durbin and Markey Urge FDA to Remove High-Dose Opioids From the Market Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Push for 90-day Comment Period on New EPA "Selective Science" Policy Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 3, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottllieb, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Markey, Durbin, Manchin Press FDA to Heed Public Health Requests, Remove Ultra-High Dosage Opioids From the Market Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 2, 2018 Tweet - "Four out of five heroin users report that their addiction began with a prescription for opioids. We need to look at the upstream factors causing this crisis, like drug companies that flood the market with 14 billion opioid tablets a year." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018 Duckworth Announces Support for Legislation Expanding Access to Medicare Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "Last year, I released a study showing the Trump Administration's deliberate efforts to undermine the ACA and the impact of this sabotage on patients and families across Illinois https://www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Durbin%20Sabotage%20and%20OE%20Report%20-%20FINAL.pdf …" Sen.Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018 Tweet - "In 2009, we banned cigarette companies from marketing flavored cigarettes, because we knew they were meant to appeal to kids. But that is exactly what companies are now doing with e-cigarettes that come in kid-appealing flavors such as mango, double apple, and chocolate cake." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Ferguson, 152 Colleagues Call for Updates to Family Planning Program Rep.Mike Bost, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Issue New Title X Regulations Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Don't Weaken Coal Ash Rule Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Edmund Brown, Governor of California, the Hon. Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts, the Hon. Dannel Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, the Hon. Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, the Hon. John Carney, Governor of Delaware, the Hon. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Paul LePage, Governor of Maine, the Hon. Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island, the Hon. Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland, the Hon. Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont, the Hon. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, the Hon. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, the Hon. Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, and the Hon. Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia - Markey Leads Colleagues in Defense of States That Have Adopted Ambitious Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Lisa Murkowski, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Tom Udall, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Stabenow, Peters Lead Bipartisan Call for Full Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in Next Year's Spending Bill Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Adapt Act Rep.Brad Schneider
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the EPA - Opposing EPA's Clean Power Plan Repeal Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, US Sen. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Urge a Farm Bill Free of Environmental Poison Pill Riders Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Quigley Speaks At AFGE Rally, Calls For Pruitt To Immediately Resign As EPA Administrator Rep.Mike Quigley
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Appropriations Committee to Prioritize International Family Planning Programs in Upcoming Spending Bill Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator - Reinstate Longstanding Toxic Air Pollution Protections Rep.Bill Foster, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Task Force Co-Chairs Call for Fully Funded EPA Ahead of Pruitt's Testimony to Congress Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 25, 2018 Letter to Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Rural Relief Members Lay Out Priorities to Combat Opioid Crisis Rep.Mike Bost, ...
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky: Republicans Are "Burying Their Heads in the Sand' on Prescription Drug Costs Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 25, 2018 Lahood, Davis, Kinzinger, And Clarke Introduce Bill To Fight Opioid Abuse Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 25, 2018 Earth Day 2018 Sen.Dick Durbin
April 24, 2018 Tweet - "The @EPA is trying to gut protections against dirty #coalash waste. Utilities must continue to test the water near their toxic coal ash dumps to make sure hazardous chemicals don't leak into drinking water. Tell the EPA to #protectcleanwater:" Sen.Dick Durbin
April 24, 2018 Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
April 24, 2018 Durbin Statement On FDA Announcement Of New Enforcement Actions To Protect Youth & Teens From Using JUUL & Other E-Cigarettes Sen.Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Halt Expansion of Junk Health Insurance Plans Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "Health insurance that doesn't cover prescription drug costs, maternity care, or basic health screenings? That doesn't accept people with pre-ex conditions? And leads to higher costs for older Americans? Those are #JunkPlans -- higher costs, worse coverage, and discrimination." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "By taking one look at a JUUL advertisement, it's abundantly clear they have dusted off Big Tobacco's old marketing playbook and are obviously trying to market their products to our children and teens. I'm pleased the FDA agrees with me that we have to do more." Sen.Dick Durbin
April 22, 2018 For Earth Day, Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Protect Our Drinking Water Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. José Serrano, Subcommittee Ranking Member - Effectively Address Opioid Crisis In Fiscal Year 2019 Spending Bill Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commissions, FDA - Marketing Addictive E-Cigarette Vaping Product To Teens, Urge FDA To Take Swift Action Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to Kevin Burns, CEO, JUUL Labs, Inc. - Answers On Marketing Addictive E-Cigarette Vaping Product To Teens, Urge FDA To Take Swift Action Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Pro-Choice Leaders in the House: Republicans Must Stop Undermining Title X & TPPP Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 17, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
April 17, 2018 Duckworth: Scott Pruitt Must Resign Immediately or Be Fired Sen.Ladda Duckworth
April 16, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: "It's Hard To Believe That He Still Has His Job" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 13, 2018 FDA Answers Brown, Blumenthal, Durbin Call to Ban Deadly Powdered Caffeine Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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