WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today introduced legislation renaming the U.S. Post Office located at 19 W. White Street in Millstadt after Marine Cpl. Matthew A. Wyatt. Wyatt, a Millstadt native, was killed stopping a suicide bomber's truck packed with 600 pounds of explosives at the gates of his Forward Operating Base in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on December 3, 2004.The 21-year-old was   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL06), Jan Schakowsky (IL09), and Jerrold Nadler (NY12) led 51 colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and protect safe access to reproductive health care facilities. "??It is concerning that, despite the alarming increase in violence and threats directed toward patient  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) led a group of House colleagues in sending a letter to Dr. Amy Loyd, U.S. Assistant Secretary to the Department of Education, concerning the difficulties that schools are facing in recruiting and retaining instructors in Career and Technical Education (CTE). In the letter, Congressman Krishnamoorthi and his colleagues asked the Education Department to ram  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, will receive $30,911,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With this award, Pace plans to purchase hybrid electric buses to replace vehicles that have exceeded their useful life and upgrade its maintenanc  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, to receive an update on the status of economic and monetary policy in the U.S. During the meeting, Durbin stressed the importance of ensuring that the biggest banks and card networks fulfill their obligations to charge reasonable and proportional interchange fees for debit card transactions--and   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, today met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. During the meeting, they discussed continued U.S. support for the Baltics amid Russia's aggression in the region and Putin's efforts to undermine allied security and democracy. Durbin and Landsbergis also reaffirmed the transatlantic allianc  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Mary Kathleen Costello, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Laura Margarete Provinzino, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Minnesota; and Noel Wise, nominated to be U.S. District Ju  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Co-Chairs of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, hosted Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Parliament of Ukraine, to discuss continued Congressional support for Ukraine. This week, the United States is hosting the NATO Summit in where Heads of State and Government of NATO member countries will discuss important issues facing the   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin argues that the Court's radical conservative supermajority's decisions will immunize presidents who commit crimes and make it easier for corporate special interests to overturn federal protections that Americans need to remain safe and healthy In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke about the Supreme Cour  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Full Text of Letter (PDF) Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) led 51 colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and protect safe access to reproductive health care facilities. " It is concerning that, despite the alarming increase in violence and threa  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that a total of $1,959,752 they secured through Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending and Community Project requests will be sent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the City of Chicago for lead service line replacement at daycare facilities throughout Chicago.Representative Schakowsky suc  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on July 10, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, a bill that simply states women should have the basic freedom to make their own health care decisions: "Today's vote was simple: do yo  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Mary Kathleen Costello, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Laura Margarete Provinzino, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, CongresswomanKathy Manning (NC-06) honored the late Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt's military service in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. In her remarks, Congresswoman Manning announced her support for legislation to rename the United States Post Office in Corporal Wyatt's hometown of Millstadt, Illinois, in his honor. Watch Congresswoman Manning's Floor remarks here(li  more