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Aug. 26, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain Rep. Jan Schakowsky
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. 25, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Passing Of American Hero John McCain Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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. 24, 2018 Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding 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. 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 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 Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018 Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race Rep. Lauren Underwood
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 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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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. 22, 2018 Tweet - "Secretary DeVos isn't holding the for-profit college industry accountable, she's just making it harder for the students who are lured into their traps." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Durbin, Dem Senators Take Action To Stop Trump-Devos Elimination Of Student Borrower Protections Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Abandon Rollback of Military Lending Oversight Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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 Durbin Applauds Bipartisan Passage Of Amendments Establishing Firefighters Cancer Registry Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence Rep. Sean Casten
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. 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 Duckworth: Kavanaugh's Confirmation to Supreme Court Would Threaten Access to Health Care for Women of Color Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 17, 2018 Senators File Formal Comment on Epa Science Rule Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Senators Introduce Bill to Help Americans Hurt by Medical Debt 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 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. 15, 2018 Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Protect Servicemembers & Their Families From Predatory Lenders Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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. 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. 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 Letter to the Hon. James N. Mattis, DOD, the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Calling for a Briefing on the Situation in Yemen Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
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. 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. 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's New Career Education Law To Increase Funding For Illinois Skills Training By More Than $17 Million Over 6 Years Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 7, 2018 Durbin Meets With Cairo Public Housing Residents Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Letter to Attorney General Sessions and Secretary DeVos - Condemn Trump Administration For Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity In Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I continue to urge HUD to quickly implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve oversight and administration of public housing authorities. No one should have their access to safe and healthy housing threatened as a result of HUD's inaction." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 After Allegations Of Child Abuse At Shelter For Unaccompanied Minors, Duckworth Tours Facility Housing Children Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - 50+ Tri-Caucus Members Oppose Weaker Clean Car Standards, Warn of Disproportionate Impact on Communities of Color Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senate Democrats Condemn Trump Administration for Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity in Education Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump and Congressional Republicans padded the pockets of Big Pharma with their tax bill. What are they doing about holding Big Pharma accountable for skyrocketing drug costs that are hurting middle class families? American patients deserve lower costs too." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education urging a school to misrepresent its accreditation status to students would be scandalous. If true, this would represent a new level of betrayal of students by Sec. DeVos and her #4profit college cronies at the Department." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma - Schakowsky & Blumenthal Urge CMS to Improve Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Hon. Jelena McWilliams, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Hon. Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency, the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Hon. J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading - Stop Weakening Volker Rule Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Duckworth: Why Did DOD Use Japanese Internment Camp Ruling to Justify Actions? Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "These plans amount to junk and will hurt people with pre-existing conditions, older Americans, and anyone who actually needs health care. The Trump Administration is, once again, sabotaging our health care system with these plans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Aug. 26, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain Rep.Jan Schakowsky
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. 25, 2018 Duckworth Statement On Passing Of American Hero John McCain Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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. 24, 2018 Senate Passes Funding Bill That Includes Durbin Priority Of Increased Medical Research Funding 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. 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 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 Durbin-Grassley Amendment Passes Senate to Take on Big Pharma Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 23, 2018 Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Democrat Lauren Underwood in Il-14 Congressional Race Rep.Lauren Underwood
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 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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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. 22, 2018 Tweet - "Secretary DeVos isn't holding the for-profit college industry accountable, she's just making it harder for the students who are lured into their traps." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Durbin, Dem Senators Take Action To Stop Trump-Devos Elimination Of Student Borrower Protections Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Abandon Rollback of Military Lending Oversight Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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 Durbin Applauds Bipartisan Passage Of Amendments Establishing Firefighters Cancer Registry Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 21, 2018 More Pollution, More Deaths, More Roskam Silence Rep.Sean Casten
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. 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 Duckworth: Kavanaugh's Confirmation to Supreme Court Would Threaten Access to Health Care for Women of Color Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 17, 2018 Senators File Formal Comment on Epa Science Rule Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 16, 2018 Senators Introduce Bill to Help Americans Hurt by Medical Debt 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 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. 15, 2018 Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Protect Servicemembers & Their Families From Predatory Lenders Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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. 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. 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 Letter to the Hon. James N. Mattis, DOD, the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence - Calling for a Briefing on the Situation in Yemen Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
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. 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. 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's New Career Education Law To Increase Funding For Illinois Skills Training By More Than $17 Million Over 6 Years Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Aug. 7, 2018 Durbin Meets With Cairo Public Housing Residents Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 7, 2018 Letter to Attorney General Sessions and Secretary DeVos - Condemn Trump Administration For Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity In Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "I continue to urge HUD to quickly implement the recommendations made in the Inspector General's report to improve oversight and administration of public housing authorities. No one should have their access to safe and healthy housing threatened as a result of HUD's inaction." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 6, 2018 After Allegations Of Child Abuse At Shelter For Unaccompanied Minors, Duckworth Tours Facility Housing Children Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Hon. Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation - 50+ Tri-Caucus Members Oppose Weaker Clean Car Standards, Warn of Disproportionate Impact on Communities of Color Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senate Democrats Condemn Trump Administration for Rescinding Civil Rights Guidance Promoting Diversity in Education Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump and Congressional Republicans padded the pockets of Big Pharma with their tax bill. What are they doing about holding Big Pharma accountable for skyrocketing drug costs that are hurting middle class families? American patients deserve lower costs too." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2018 Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education urging a school to misrepresent its accreditation status to students would be scandalous. If true, this would represent a new level of betrayal of students by Sec. DeVos and her #4profit college cronies at the Department." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member - Senators Oppose Harmful House Provision in Final Farm Bill Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma - Schakowsky & Blumenthal Urge CMS to Improve Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Hon. Jelena McWilliams, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, the Hon. Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency, the Hon. Jay Clayton, Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Hon. J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading - Stop Weakening Volker Rule Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Duckworth: Why Did DOD Use Japanese Internment Camp Ruling to Justify Actions? Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "These plans amount to junk and will hurt people with pre-existing conditions, older Americans, and anyone who actually needs health care. The Trump Administration is, once again, sabotaging our health care system with these plans." Sen.Dick Durbin
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