WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: New bombshell whistleblower report from a nurse practitioner discloses gross mismanagement of federal medical care contract CHICAGO U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to expand its pending investigation of mental health care to include medical care and mismanagement of federal contracts in U.S. Im  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: ? U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $31,933,577 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Fiscal Year 2022 Low Carbon Transportation Materials Grants Program. Administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Illinois Department of Transportation will receive this federal funding to implemen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Todd Blanche as Deputy Attorney General and John Sauer as Solicitor General: "Coupled with the announcement that he intends to nominate former Congressman Matt Gaetz to be Attorney General, these selections sho  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) released the following statement congratulating Judge Jonathan Hawley of Peoria, Illinois after the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment to fill the Peoria-based federal district court judicial vacancy for the Central District of Illinois: "Judge Hawley's distinguished legal and judicial career serving our community in Central Illinois makes him eminently qualified for t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, released the following statement in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services: "Donald Trump's latest cabinet nominee is disastrous and proves that he does not have Americans' interest at heart. Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: This week, Representative Lauren Underwood announced a new round of federal funding she has secured to support local businesses in northern Illinois. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Underwood has made securing federal resources for northern Illinois a top priority. The following funds will support renewable energy in northern Illinois with federal resources: E K Kuhn Inc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two judicial nominations and one U.S. Marshal nomination to the full Senate, continuing the Committee's work to bring balance to the federal judiciary and keep our communities safe. Additionally, the Committee advanced a bill to improve the collection of information on barriers inventors fac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two judicial nominations and one U.S. Marshal nomination to the full Senate, continuing the Committee's work to bring balance to the federal judiciary and keep our communities safe. Additionally, the Committee advanced a bill to improve the collection of information on barriers inventors face in accessing the patent system. At the top of the hearing,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- 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, today led all Senate Judiciary Democrats in a letter to the House Ethics Committee urging the House Ethics Committee to preserve and transmit to the Senate Judiciary Committee all relevant documentation on former Congressman Matt Gaetz, including the report that the House E  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the preservation and sharing of the House Ethics Committee report with the Senate Judiciary Committee about allegations against former Congressman Matt Gaetz, who resigned from Congress yesterday after Pr  more