WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) today announced $8 million in federal funding for Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This grant will be used to make land-side improvements along the Mississippi Riverfront and for a new, zero-e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Justice Department Allocates FY24 COPS Grants for Miss. Cities, Counties & Schools Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today welcomed the award of more than $10.8 million through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to boost law enforcement in communities throughout Mississippi. Hyde-Smith, as member of the Senate  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to censure Bennie Thompson of Mississippi for inciting violence, including two assassination attempts, against President Donald J. Trump. Central to the resolution is the introduction of H.R. 8081, the DISGRACED Former Protectees Act, authored by Rep. Thompson. This bill seeks to remove Secret Service protection  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., reunited today with Vladimir Kara-Murza at the U.S. Capitol. Kara-Murza, a permanent resident of the United States, was released last month as part of the historic prisoner exchange with Russia. He was arrested by Russia in April 2022 for condemning Russia's war in Ukraine and speaking out against Vladimir Putin. "Vladimir Kara-Murza has been a good friend of mine for ye  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding the third anniversary of the U.S.-U.K.-Australia trilateral defense agreement known as "AUKUS": "Producing 1.2 attack submarines per year is grossly insufficient. We are not where we need to be," Senator Wicker said. "We have reached an inflection point where   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, the House Transporation and Infrastructure Committee concluded a full committee markup where members voted to pass a number of bipartisan bills, including legislation led by Congressman Ezell, to strengthen critical infrastructure, hold fraudulent actors in the transportation sector accountable, to make the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) work efficiently, and more. Con  more