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May 9, 2018
Prescription Drug Prices Are Skyrocketing
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 9, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
CPC Opposes Trump's Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Push for Answers on Thebes Housing Crisis, Press HUD to Fully Abate Rent for Residents
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 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
Letter to the Hon. John McCain and the Hon. Jack Reed - Senator Markey Votes Against Funding for New, So-Called "Low-Yield" Nuclear Weapon
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Push for Year-Round Waiver for E-15
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 28, 2018
Schakowsky supports the FAA Reauthorization Act
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 27, 2018
Duckworth's FAM Act Passes House of Representatives
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 27, 2018
House Approves 6-Year Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization With Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Amendment To Study Economic Impacts of Aircraft Noise
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 27, 2018
LaHood Statement on the Passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act
Rep. Darin LaHood
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation - House Appropriations Committee Democrats Request IG Investigation into Airline Safety Oversight
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Van Hollen, Senators to Zinke: Press Pause on Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Management Plans Until Courts Speak
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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
Faa Reauthorization Act of 2018
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 26, 2018
Border Security
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 25, 2018
Foster and Knight Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Better Energy Storage
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
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
World Cup Resolution Overwhelmingly Passes House
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
April 25, 2018
Lahood World Cup Resolution Overwhelmingly Passes House
Rep. Darin LaHood
April 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen - Ensure National Guard Forces Receive Pay, Benefits for Deployments to U.S. Border
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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 24, 2018
Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
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 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
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
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary of the US Dept. of Agriculture - End Functional Hiring Freeze at the Peoria Ag Lab
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
April 19, 2018
Schakowsky Marks the 70th Anniversary of Israel's Independence, Yom Ha'atzmaut
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 19, 2018
Tweet - "Continues to try and undermine our democracy and security. Supports a war criminal in Syria. Targets dissenters, including in the heart of our key Western ally. But I guess the President will just keep us posted on when he thinks Russia deserves tougher sanctions."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Susan Collins, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Developmen, and Related Agencies Chariman, and the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member - Support Fair Housing Initiatives
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 18, 2018
Pro-Choice Leaders in the House: Republicans Must Stop Undermining Title X & TPPP
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Quickly Implement Food Safety Recommendations
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
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 17, 2018
Executive Session
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 14, 2018
Tweet - "I supported President Obama's decision to retaliate when Assad first used chemical weapons. The Foreign Relations Committee voted to authorize that action but only two Republican senators would publicly support it, and without congressional support, the President did not proceed."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 14, 2018
Duckworth Statement On Use Of Military Force In Syria
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
April 14, 2018
Davis Statement on Use of Force in Syria
Rep. Danny Davis
April 13, 2018
Letter to Senator Roy Blunt and Senator Patty Murray - Funds to Fully Implement Mental Health Reform Act
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Urge Congress to Fund Childhood Cancer Initiatives
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 13, 2018
Foster Legislation to Amend Volcker Rule Passes House
Rep. Bill Foster
Date
Title
Politician
May 9, 2018
Prescription Drug Prices Are Skyrocketing
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 9, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
CPC Opposes Trump's Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Push for Answers on Thebes Housing Crisis, Press HUD to Fully Abate Rent for Residents
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 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
Letter to the Hon. John McCain and the Hon. Jack Reed - Senator Markey Votes Against Funding for New, So-Called "Low-Yield" Nuclear Weapon
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Push for Year-Round Waiver for E-15
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 28, 2018
Schakowsky supports the FAA Reauthorization Act
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 27, 2018
Duckworth's FAM Act Passes House of Representatives
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 27, 2018
House Approves 6-Year Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization With Congressman Krishnamoorthi's Amendment To Study Economic Impacts of Aircraft Noise
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 27, 2018
LaHood Statement on the Passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act
Rep.Darin LaHood
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation - House Appropriations Committee Democrats Request IG Investigation into Airline Safety Oversight
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Van Hollen, Senators to Zinke: Press Pause on Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Management Plans Until Courts Speak
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
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
Faa Reauthorization Act of 2018
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 26, 2018
Border Security
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 25, 2018
Foster and Knight Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Better Energy Storage
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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
World Cup Resolution Overwhelmingly Passes House
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
April 25, 2018
Lahood World Cup Resolution Overwhelmingly Passes House
Rep.Darin LaHood
April 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen - Ensure National Guard Forces Receive Pay, Benefits for Deployments to U.S. Border
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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 24, 2018
Schneider, Brooks Introduce the Adapt Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
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 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
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
Letter to the Honorable John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary of the US Dept. of Agriculture - End Functional Hiring Freeze at the Peoria Ag Lab
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
April 19, 2018
Schakowsky Marks the 70th Anniversary of Israel's Independence, Yom Ha'atzmaut
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 19, 2018
Tweet - "Continues to try and undermine our democracy and security. Supports a war criminal in Syria. Targets dissenters, including in the heart of our key Western ally. But I guess the President will just keep us posted on when he thinks Russia deserves tougher sanctions."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Susan Collins, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Developmen, and Related Agencies Chariman, and the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member - Support Fair Housing Initiatives
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 18, 2018
Pro-Choice Leaders in the House: Republicans Must Stop Undermining Title X & TPPP
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Quickly Implement Food Safety Recommendations
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
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 17, 2018
Executive Session
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 14, 2018
Tweet - "I supported President Obama's decision to retaliate when Assad first used chemical weapons. The Foreign Relations Committee voted to authorize that action but only two Republican senators would publicly support it, and without congressional support, the President did not proceed."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 14, 2018
Duckworth Statement On Use Of Military Force In Syria
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
April 14, 2018
Davis Statement on Use of Force in Syria
Rep.Danny Davis
April 13, 2018
Letter to Senator Roy Blunt and Senator Patty Murray - Funds to Fully Implement Mental Health Reform Act
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Urge Congress to Fund Childhood Cancer Initiatives
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 13, 2018
Foster Legislation to Amend Volcker Rule Passes House
Rep.Bill Foster
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