WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 19 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to encourage Israeli officials to take five specific steps to s more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today visited Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (CCAC) to discuss his Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023 (STOP CSAM Act), which supports victims and increases accountability and transparency for online platforms. This comes following a Senate more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: At the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hearing on the CCP Cyber Threat to the American Homeland and National Security this week, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray and the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) General Paul Nakasone about the impact of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded more than $4.2 million in federal grant funding. These funds, awarded through a series of six grants from the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency, will help fund a variety of research projects related to energy and transportation innovatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * This evening, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement on her vote with 187 Democrats and 169 Republicans to pass the Relief for American Workers Act, bipartisan tax legislation that delivers critical wins for working families and small businesses in Central and Southern Illinois. "Tonight, I joined colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass a bipart more PR