WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the CST Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation--joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to celebrate the new finalized rule to expand the rights of passengers with disabilities in air  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) released the following statement regarding the Department of Energy's assessment of U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports: "Today's report from the Department of Energy proves what we already knew when we export liquified natural gas, energy costs rise, emissions increase, and fossil fuel companies rake in profits at Americans' expense," said Rep. Sean Casten. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) President Brian Duncan and IFB members to discuss shared priorities to grow Illinois's agriculture industry and support our farmers. In their meeting, Duckworth and the members discussed the importance of supporting our family farmers at home by expanding biofuels production, increasing agricultural export markets and improvin more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: House-passed NDAA included a ban on health care for transgender kids, stripping service member of parental rights to make health care decisions for their children Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2025 to remove language that more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today met with Illinois Farm Bureau President Brian Duncan and Illinois Farm Bureau Vice President Evan Hultine to discuss Farm Bill dynamics and the outlook for passing year-end legislation that addresses current economic conditions faced by farmers. During their meeting, Durbin and the I more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, Congressman Bill Foster issued the following statement after the release of the Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence: "As a PhD physicist and chip designer who first programmed neural networks at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the 1990s, I've been tracking the exponential growth of AI capabilities for decades, and I'm pleased Congress is beginning t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system and restore democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone. "In 2000, before the general election, more PR