WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced $1,544,352 in total funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program for four roadway safety initiatives throughout Illinois. This funding comes through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund regional, local and Tribal initiatives that pr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)--along with U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) and Andy Kim (D-NJ-03) introduced the Improving Access to Prenatal Care for Military Families Act. The legislation would create a Department of Defense (DoD) pilot program to designate pregnancy as a Qualifying Life Event under   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) today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): "Mr. Kennedy is entirely unqualified to lead our federal health programs. While masquerading as a crusader against corporate influence or   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) praised Senate passage this week of a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility bill that provides more than $135 million for improvements at the John A. Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. The hospital has long been in need of modernized clinical services and a replacement for its aging bed tower. The legislation, previously passed the House, no  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. He also called on  more