WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023: "First and foremost, I remain concerned about acts of antisemitism throughout the United States. Meaningful action is needed to address this issue. "That said, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 falls short of that goal by unnecessarily and harmfully limitin  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder of both the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus and U.S. Senate Lead Task Force, today commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) newly-announced more than $240 million Drinking Water State Revolving Fund investment to help Illinois identify and replace lead service lines and prevent lead poisoning among our state's children and families. This  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council to discuss her efforts to help local businesses expand and recruit new job-creators to McLean County to better position the region to grow and prosper for years to come. A photo of the meeting can be found on Senator Duckworth's website. "It was great to meet with the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development C  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his colleagues to dismiss the smear campaign against Mr. Adeel Mangi and to support his nomination to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. "The Senate has confirmed 194 of President Biden's judicial nominees to lifetime appointments. Each of these nominees hav  more

AURORA, Illinois, May 3 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced a $1,499,110 grant for the Quad County Urban League as part of the Department of Labor's YouthBuild Program, a community-based pre-apprenticeship program that provides job training and educational services for 16 to 24 year-olds who left school without a secondary diploma. "Building  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a letter he sent to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. CEO Andrew Witty regarding a massive cyberattack against UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare (CHC), which took place in February and has potentially huge negative consequences for veterans' data privacy. Cybercrimin  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03)released the following statement after voting in opposition to H.R. 6090: "I am committed to a future free of islamophobia, antisemitism, and all forms of bigotry, oppression, and discrimination. To get there, states and leaders cannot be above criticism, nor can we stifle dissent, the exercise of free speech, or our right to peaceful assembly. While we must uneq  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after voting against H.R.6090: "As a proud Jewish Member of Congress representing a large and diverse Jewish community, I take very seriously the widespread and growing threat of antisemitism, particularly following the October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel. I strongly condemn Hamas's brutal attacks and recognize the urgen  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor highlighting next week's Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Dream Deferred: The Urgent Need to Protect Immigrant Youth." The hearing will emphasize the urgent need for Congress to pass legal protections for noncitizens who were brou  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his colleagues to dismiss the smear campaign against Mr. Adeel Mangi and to support his nomination to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. "The Senate has confirmed 194 of President Biden's judici  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), today called on Chairman U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) to hold a hearing on the civil rights violations of Jewish students and the proliferation of terrorist ideology on college campuses. The Senate Judiciary  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) reiterated his call to restore the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) after its expiration at the end of April. The ACP provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible families. One in five households in Illinois' 17th Congressional District relied on it for internet service. "I've heard from so many of my neighbors across Central and Nor  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) visited the southern border of the United States on a bipartisan trip to Arizona where he spoke directly with border patrol agents, government officials, and small business owners about the challenges they face in keeping the border secure and managing the flow of immigrants. "My neighbors back home in Central and Northwestern Illinois expect me to listen and understand th  more