WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Answers from Trump Admin on Closure of Head Start Office that Serves Grantees in Wisconsin WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is demanding answers from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the closure of five regional Head Start offices across the country, including the Region 5 office in Chicago which serves Head Start grantees  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Meets with Quad City Chamber and Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development to Discuss Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Local Workers April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with members of the Quad City Chamber and the Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development (KCAP) to discuss the harmful impacts Trump's chaotic trade and  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Pushes for More Cooperation with Indo-Pacific Partners on Medical Readiness and Strategic Sealift to Support Servicemembers Abroad April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)--urged Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Admiral Samuel J. Paparo   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Klobuchar, Capito, Colleagues Press FAA on Recent System Outages April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Ranking Member of the CST Aviation Subcommittee--joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), along with U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing With META Whistleblower WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing entitled "A T  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * House Passes 7 Bipartisan Bills for Veterans and their Families Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released the following statement after the House passed seven bipartisan veterans' bills this week: "I am proud to see the House advance six bipartisan bills this week for veterans and their famili  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly Condemns Budget that Slashes Medicaid WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed budget reconciliation instructions by 216-214. The budget directs the Energy and Commerce Committee, on which Rep. Kelly sits, to cut Medicaid by $880 billion. "The Republican budget betrays the American people. Republicans vote  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly, House Democrats Holds Hearing on Republican Cuts Targeting Veterans WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), co-chair of the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, held a hearing on the Republicans' damaging scheme to cut veterans' benefits. Rep. Kelly heard directly from three veterans, including one who was recently fired by President Donald Trump from a senior post at Vetera  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I am the son of an immigrant from East St. Louis, IL. As a reminder to myself, I keep my mother's naturalization certificate on a table behind my desk in the U.S. Capitol. She came to the United States from Lithuania, fleeing oppression from the Soviet Union, when she was just 2 years old. Little did she know that her youngest son would go on to become a U.S. Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Sorensen Joins Bipartisan Push to Protect Illinoisians from Trade War WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in co-sponsoring the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, a bill aimed at protecting American families, workers, and farmers from unfair and unnecessary tax hikes disguised as "emergency" tariffs. The bill makes it clear that no president should b  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Statement from Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi and House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Lieu on Latest TikTok Developments WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Betwee  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Transcript of Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi's Opening Statement from Hearing on Financial Aggression: How the Chinese Communist Party Exploits American Retirees and Undermines National Security WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Select Committee on th  more