WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, following convening the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for its official Organizational Meeting for the 119th Congress, Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), issued the following statement announcing the Committee's full membership, five subcommittee chair assignments, and subcommittee membership assignments for the 119th Congress: "The legacy of the B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Statement on the Laken Riley Act January 20, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against the Laken Riley Act, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35: "The murder of Laken Riley was an unspeakable act of violence--no parent should have to endure the loss of a child, and her murderer should be prosecuted   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Votes to Confirm Rubio as Secretary of State January 21, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)--released the following statement after the Senate confirmed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) by a vote of 99-0 to serve as Secretary of State under President Trump. "Senator Rubio has  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Statement On Trump's Day One Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders January 20, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive orders cracking down on immigrant commun  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Speaks Out Against President Trump's Executive Actions Taken On Day One January 21, 2025 WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke out against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump on day one of his second term, including cracking down on immigrant communities, that,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of The Laken Riley Act January 20, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after voting against the Laken Riley Act : "The loss of a child is something no parent should have to endure, and we should do everything possible to make sure what hap  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Senator Marco Rubio's Confirmation As Secretary Of State January 20, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed the nomination of Senator Marco Rubio to be the next U.S. Secretary of State: "Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result, have worked cl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Trump's Pardons Of January 6th Insurrection--Including Those Who Violently Assaulted Law Enforcement Officers January 21, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump granted pardons and commutations for those who participated in the insurrec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Trump's Day One Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders January 20, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive orders cracking down on immigrant communities, that, among other   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement: * * * Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party issued the following statement following passage of the U.S.-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act. "Thanks  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statement: * * * Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's 9-0 decision to uphold the TikTok Divestiture Law: "Today, every sin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), alongside lawmakers in both the House and the Senate, introduced legislation to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) authority to hold poor-performing employees accountable. In 2017, Congress passed the V  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, President Biden directed an extension and expansion of the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program, which would postpone the removal of certain Hong Kong residents, regardless of country of birth, who are present in the United States. The memorandum came one day  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "Kash Patel has neither the experience, the temperament, nor the judgment to lead  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump granted pardons and commutations for those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those who violently assaulted law enforcemen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after voting against the Laken Riley Act: "The loss of a child is something no parent should have to endure, and we should do everything possible to make sure what happened to Laken Riley never ha  more