WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * At AFGE Fireside Chat, Duckworth Urges Federal Employees to Be Wary of Trump's Dangerous Buyout Offers [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Region 7 to discuss many of the issues facing union members and other federal employees under the Trump Administration, including the dangerous federal buyouts being   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Budzinski Introduces Bipartisan Presidential Legacy Act WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) introduced the bipartisan Presidential Legacy Act. As it currently stands in federal statute, the official name of the holiday called "Presidents' Day" is actually "Washington's Birthday," even though four presidents have birth  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten Delivers Valentines to Local Veterans at VA Hospital Hines, IL -- Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) delivered valentines to veterans at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital. "As the son and grandson of veterans, I hold in highest regard those who have put their lives on the line to defend our country," said Rep. Sean Casten. "We owe veterans a tremendous amount of gratitude, and delive  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Chairman Bost Meets with VA Secretary Collins to Discuss Veteran First Agenda Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement following his first official meeting with recently confirmed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary, Doug Collins. "I was honored to sit down wit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Chairman Bost's Statement on VA's Reduction in Force Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees: "I trust that my friend Secretary Collins is doing the rig  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Presses for Answers on Cost of Trump Executive Orders to Deploy Troops to Guantanamo Bay, Impact on Military Readiness [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee--pressed officials for answers regarding how much President Trump's calls to transfer 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo Bay would cost, i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Join Entire Democratic Caucus To Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Pushing Illegal, Indiscriminate Funding Cuts To NIH, Derailing Lifesaving Medical Research [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), as well as the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, in sending a let  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Renew Bipartisan Push to Approve Sale of E15 Year-Round [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--founding co-chair of the Senate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Caucus--and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and a bipartisan group of Senators in reintroducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. This legislati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee's Retirement CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement on Jamie Rhee's retirement as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation:  "Since Jamie Rhee first started her career with the City of Chicago in 1994 as an airport information officer, she has amassed 3  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Durbin Votes 'No' On Advancing President Trump's Pick To Be FBI Director, Kash Patel U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today voted against advancing President Donald Trump's pick to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, in the Senate   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Help Unveil Bill To Raise Minimum Age To Buy Assault Weapons WASHINGTON - On the seventh anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, 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 joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) in announ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Help Unveil Bill To Raise Minimum Age To Buy Assault Weapons WASHINGTON - On the seventh anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckw  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Entire Democratic Caucus To Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Pushing Illegal, Indiscriminate Funding Cuts To NIH, Derailing Lifesaving Medical Research Illinois receives $1.23 billion in NIH funding that supports more than 14,200 jobs and $3.46 billion in economic activity  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Huffman, Raskin Lead Efforts to Support Public Schools and Oppose School Voucher Programs Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led 42 colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that he immediately withdraw his recent executive order (link is external) which directs t  more