WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Statement on Trump's Plan to Eliminate More Than 35,000 VA Health Care Positions * December 15, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump Administration's reported plan This link opens in new window or tab. to eliminate more than 35,000 VA health care positions this monthon top of the almost 30,000 employees  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Condemns Antisemitic Attack At Bondi Beach As Hanukkah Begins, Violent Shooting At Brown University * December 15, 2025 Durbin: "As we seek to address the scourge of antisemitism and gun violence, may we act in the path of these brave bystanderswho in crisis chose humanity and love over violence and hate" WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * Durbin Condemns Antisemitic Attack At Bondi Beach As Hanukkah Begins, Violent Shooting At Brown University In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, condemned the antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach in Australia as Hanukkah begins, as we more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Trump Administration For Cuts To NIH, Medical Research In Speech On The Senate Floor * December 15, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke out against the Trump Administration's dangerous cuts to medical research. In his remarks, Durbin stressed that the President's decision to cut medical research funding at the National Institutes of Healt more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin To Congressional Republicans: Let Us Come Together And Give American Families The Gift Of Health Coverage For Christmas * December 15, 2025 On the Senate floor and following Senate Republicans rejecting the Democratic ACA proposal last week, Durbin continues to push his Republican colleagues to come to the table and negotiate with Democrats on a solution to address the looming health  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Grassley Introduce Criminal Justice Reform Bills * December 16, 2025 As lead sponsors of the landmark First Step Act, Durbin and Grassley are working to continue to make our justice system fairer and our communities safer, including introducing new legislation to extend the First Step Act's annual reporting requirement by five years WASHINGTON - Around the seventh anniversary of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Grassley Introduce Criminal Justice Reform Bills As lead sponsors of the landmark First Step Act, Durbin and Grassley are working to continue to make our justice system fairer and our communities safer, including introducing new legislation to extend the First Step Act's annual reporting requirement by five years * Around the seventh  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * NRC Renews Clinton and Dresden Operating Licenses The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licenses of Constellation LLC's Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. Clinton Clean Energy Center Clinton Unit 1's boiling-water reactor renewed facility  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young Leads Effort to Designate Calumet Region as National Heritage Area * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to designate the Calumet Region, which includes Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in Indiana and Will and Cook counties in Illinois, as a National Heritage Area (NHA). NHAs are de more PR