WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement condemning Republicans' relentless anti-choice, anti-woman crusade to rip away access to reproductive freedoms--including abortion, contraception and even IVF treatments that help people grow their families--that millions of Americans h more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT-At Large) and more than a dozen Senate Democrats to introduce the Stop Comstock Act, bicameral legislation that would repeal an arcane 1873 law, called the Comstock Act, that Republicans and anti-choice extremists want to misuse to ban abortion nationwide. "As GOP legislatures, courts more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Letter calls on DHS to fulfill its commitment to protect stateless individuals Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); along with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Ci more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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, released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court: "For the past two years, the Dobbs ruling has sown chaos, fear, and division. Abortion is now completely banned in 14 states, leaving large swaths of the countr more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 25 -- 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, released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court: "For the past two years, the Dobbs ruling has sown chaos, fear, and division. Abortion is now completely banned in 14 s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 24, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade: "It is hard to believe it has been two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dismantling nearly 50 years of settled judicial precedent for reproductive rights, the right more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement marking two years after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to take away the constitutional right to abortion: "Two years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a gut punch when it overturned Roe v. Wade and took away the right to choose an abortion. Since then, women's reproductive rights have been under c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling today in United States v. Rahimi, which ruled that when an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- 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; U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); along with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety; a more PR