WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) introduced a new privileged resolution to force a vote by the full House of Representatives within two legislative days to require the House Ethics Committee to release its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz. "The Committee on Ethics has, on many occasions, released its reports on former members," said Rep. Sean C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after being unanimously re-elected as the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat, the Senate Democratic Whip, for the 119th Congress by his Senate Democratic colleagues this morning. Durbin has served in the number two role in the caucus since 2005. "I am honored to continue to serve the Senate Democratic Caucus as Whip in the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: As the author of the Dream Act, Durbin highlights his 157th Dreamer story on the Senate floor Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor highlighting the urgent need for Congress to pass legal protections fornoncitizens who were brought to the United States as children, known as Dreamers, especially as President-elect Donald Trump campaig  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin shared the story of two Illinoisans saddled with debt from the now-defunct for-profit college, Brooks Institute Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling on the Biden Administration to prioritize discharging student loans of borrowers who attended predatory for-profit colleges. In his remarks, Durbin underscored that the current administration m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), introduced the Complete the Mission Act of 2024, comprehensive legislation which would safeguard veterans' Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based healthcare access by codifying current access standards and would require VA to publish their wait times for all VA  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Earl "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR) sent a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate what role pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) played in exacerbating the opioid crisis. In the letter, the members cite investigative reports from Barron's that found PBMs inc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and the Co-Chairs of the Haiti Caucus, Reps. Sheila Cherilus-McCormick (FL-20), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), briefed over 100 advocates, business leaders, and Congressional staffers on plans to create jobs, grow the economy, and promote stability in Haiti. The briefing(link is external), held on Monday, featured the founders and board of the Ha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he intends to nominate Kash Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "We already have a FBI Director, Christopher Wray, and his term does not expi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * As the author of the Dream Act, Durbin highlights his 147th Dreamer story on the Senate floor * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor highlighting the urgent need for Congress to pass legal protections fornoncitizens who were brought to the United States as children, known   more