WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) has released the following statement regarding the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: "In the six years I've been in Congress, the National Defense Authorization Act has been one of the last bastions of bipartisanship," said Rep. Sean Casten. "For decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have treated the NDAA as sacrosanct, putting our natio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Senate Democrats in sending a letter calling on President Joe Biden to protect immigrant families before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. "As Senators who represent diverse states across our nation and who collectively represent millions of immigrant fam more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, met with former Representative Gabby Giffords and Emma Brown, Executive Director for GIFFORDS Law Center, to discuss laws, policies, and programs to prevent gun violence. "It's always a pleasure to meet with former Congresswoman Giffords and her team at GIFFORDS. Gabby turned immense trauma and pain into selfless action  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Dr. Mandy Cohen, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to discuss several issues important to the public health and safety of children. During the meeting, they discussed the need to provide CDC with robust federal funding in order to protect the public health--from the agency's work to ensure children are protected  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today paid tribute to four additional Senators who will be leaving the United States Senate at the end of the 118th Congress--U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Mitt Romney (R-UT). On Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Durbin said: "Sherrod Brown spent 50 years in public office... includi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding FBI Director Christopher Wray announcing that he will resign at the end of the Biden administration: "The FBI is critical to our nation's security and our families' safety. It will soon embark on a perilous new era with serious questions about its future. I want to thank D more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Given your financial ties to private insurers, combines with your view that the traditional Medicare program is 'highly dysfunctional' and your advocacy for eliminating it entirely, it is not clear that you are qualified for this critical job," the Senators wrote Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Repre more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) highlighted the plight of political prisoners in four nations and called for their immediate and unconditional release. All of these political prisoners have been outspoken in their support for democracy and basic freedoms. Durbin was joined by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) on the floor. "Periodically I come to the Senate  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after voting against final passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA): "Today, I refused to support House Republicans' National Defense Authorization Act. Not only does this harmful bill exacerbate an already over-bloated Pentagon budget, authorizing nearly $900 billion in additional spe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2024, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda We encourage the public to utilize the Committee's livestream of the hearing, available on the website at https://www.finance.senate.gov/ Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) Witnesses * James Bernard Coughlan, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) applauded passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which includes investments he secured for clean drinking water infrastructure in Sherrard and Savanna. WRDA authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out major water infrastructure upgrades across the country. "Our small hometowns are a special place, filled with families that are w more PR