WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) and Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA-15), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Scouting Caucus, this week introduced a resolution celebrating the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, on February 8, 1910. Since then, millions of young men and women have joined the Scouts and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: After successful bipartisan negotiations, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) today favorably reported the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2023 that U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--the chair of the CST Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation--helped author alongside CST Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking M more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), co-founders of the new Senate Lead Task Force and the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, alongside U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), co-chairs of the House 'Get the Lead Out' Caucus, led 86 of their colleagues in applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their proposed Lead and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Feb. 9, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), released the following statement in response to vehicles in Lincoln Park being targeted with antisemitic flyers: "Like my neighbors, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted by these acts. We cannot stand by silently while our Jewish friends and neighbors are targeted with such abhorrent rhetoric. Those responsible for these acts must be held  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: U.S. Representatives Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Scouting Caucus, this week introduced a resolution celebrating the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated in Chicago, Illinois on February 8th, 1910. Since then, millions of young men and women have joined the Scouts an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- 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 delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Amir Ali, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia; Judge Melissa DuBose, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Rhode Island; Judge  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding Special Counsel Robert Hur's report following his investigation into the reported discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. and the Bidens' personal residence in Wilmington, D more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC), also members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to reintroduce the bipartisan Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods Act (VICTIM Act), a b more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 17 Senate Democrats in a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to act swiftly to finally close the detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In their letter, the Senators wrote that as a symbol of lawlessness and human rights more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Amir Ali, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia; Judge Sunil Harjani, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; and Jasmine Yoon, nominat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation--and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) successfully included their Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act in the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023 that passed through committee today  more PR