WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead Of The Roe V. Wade Anniversary, Durbin Condemns Republicans' Sham "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" January 22, 2025 WASHINGTON - Ahead of the 52 nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke out against Republicans' so-called Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that would threaten health care providers with jail  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Presses Veterans Affairs Secretary Nominee Doug Collins to Oppose Dangerous Efforts That Would Privatize the VA and Harm Veterans January 21, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) who still receives her own health care services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--pressed Doug Collins, President Trump's nomine more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Receives Commitment from UN Ambassador Nominee Stefanik to Strengthen Relations with ASEAN, Indo-Pacific Partners January 21, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)--received a commitment from U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21), President Trump's nominee to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Join Van Hollen and Colleagues in Introducing D.C. Statehood Bill January 22, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)--along with 38 of their Senate Democratic colleagues--in introducing legislation to grant Washington, D.C. statehood following U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC-At Large) introdu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Statement on Stellantis Investment in U.S. Auto Plants, Including Belvidere January 22, 2025 As part of the investment, Stellantis will bring back approximately 1,500 jobs to Belvidere Assembly plant, which was selected to build the company's next mid-size truck [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement on Stellantis and more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Moran Lead Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Use of Biofuels for Aviation January 22, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would help accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Meeting With President Trump's FBI Director Nominee, Kash Patel January 21, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "Kash Patel has neither the experience, the temperament, nor the judgment to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Stellantis Investment In U.S. Auto Plants, Including Belvidere January 22, 2025 As part of the investment, Stellantis will bring back approximately 1,500 jobs to Belvidere Assembly plant, which was selected to build the company's next mid-size truck WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement on Stellantis and Unite more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin: Kash Patel Has Neither The Experience, Temperament, Nor Judgement To Lead The FBI January 22, 2025 WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today outlined how Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has neither the experience, the temperament, nor the judgment to lead the FBI.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- 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 statement on Jan. 21, 2024: * * * Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP issued the following statement regarding President Trump's TikTok executive order. "We need to save TikTok. And the TikTok Divestiture Law is designed to do just that. By follo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- 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 statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party issued the following statement regarding last week's findings by the Biden Administration's U.S. Trade Representative in its Section 301 investigation launched last year  more PR