WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [AURORA, IL] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL-11) announced a $1,499,110 grant for the Quad County Urban League as part of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) 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  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, 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 brought to the United States as children. "Dreamers are young peop  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: This week, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), led a Full Committee markup of 22 bills, including his legislation to permanently restore due process rights for veterans with fiduciaries. Chairman Bost's bill, H.R. 705, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, passed out of the Committee and is now eligible for consi  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, joined a bipartisan group of Appropriations Committee Members in a visit to Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The group visited the collapse site by boat, were briefed at the U.S. Coast Guard Command Center, and met with local officials to discuss th  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03)released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a finalized rule that will expand access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. "One year ago, President Biden made a promise to our nation: expand health care for Dreamers. Today, our nation begins to fulfill that promise to app  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today applauded the Biden Administration's announcement of a final rule that will expand health care eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Under the final rule, approximately 100,000 DACA recipients will become eligible to en  more