WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: U.S. Representatives Mike Bost (IL-12) and Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) raised concerns today over the recent acquisition of the Cahokia grain terminal by COFCO International Ltd, a Chinese state-run company. In a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Bost and Budzinski urged an immediate review of the acquisition   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT03) led over 50 colleagues in letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and World Bank President Ajay Banga urging them to address the severe economic situation in the West Bank. A copy of the letter sent to Sec. Blinken, signed by 56 Members of Congress, can be found HERE. A copy of the letter sent to World Bank Preside  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court opted to not weigh in on whether millions of Americans are guaranteed access to emergency abortion care nationwide--even in states that ban abortion--under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), but instead simply reinstated a lower court's order that prevents Idaho from enforcing its restri  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that it has awarded Lake County a grant of $18,788,080 to improve the safety, condition and resiliency of Cedar Lake Road and the IL Route 124 intersection. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), who have worked closely with Lake County to advocate for this  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [SPRINGFIELD, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Parent & Child Together for West Central Illinois in Camp Point, Illinois, will receive $5,220,433 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant funding to support the organization's Head Start programming, which offers services for children under the age of five in   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today underwent a successful hip replacement surgery for his left hip. The procedure was performed this morning at RUSH in Oak Brook, Illinois. Durbin will remain in Illinois until he is cleared for travel to Washington by his doctor. "Today, I had a routine hip replacement surgery in Chicago. I'm grateful to the medical staff at RUSH for today's   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez(IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35), Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and 21 members of Congress launched a new congressional caucus which aims to find effective, long-term solutions to humanely address irregular and forced migration around the world. The members of Congress, joined by internati  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement on the bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act: "I am furious that Republican Leadership did the bidding of Big Tech and special interests today and derailed our committee's bipartisan efforts to protect consumers and pass comprehensive privacy legisl  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on June 26, 2024: * * * On the ninth anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodeges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on President Biden's pardon for military service members who were convicted under a now-repealed military law beca  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a bipartisan letter to Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's (DOJ  more