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02/10/2022 Bustos Statement on Senate Passage of HR 4445 to End Forced Arbitration
02/02/2022 House Rules Committee Advances Bustos' Bill to End Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault and Harassment
09/30/2021 Bustos Votes to Avoid Federal Government Shutdown
06/18/2021 Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
02/25/2021 Video/photos: Bustos Thanks Illinois National Guard Deployed to U.S. Capitol
01/25/2021 Audio: Bustos Announces Appropriations Subcommittee Roles
01/13/2021 Bustos Votes to Impeach President Trump
01/12/2021 Bustos Statement on Vote for Resolution to Invoke the 25th Amendment
01/06/2021 Illinois House Democrats Blasts Remarks by Congresswoman Mary Miller Praising Hitler
01/06/2021 Bustos Statement as Congress Continues Electoral College Count
01/03/2021 PHOTOS: Bustos Sworn In to 117th Congress
11/11/2020 Congresswoman Bustos Nominated to Co-Chair Steering and Policy Committee for 117th Congress
02/04/2020 Bustos Statement on State of the Union Address
12/17/2019 Bustos Statement on Articles of Impeachment
01/18/2019 Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) again helped pass legislation to end the shutdown and keep communities safe with effective border security measures. The legislation is a package of six appropriations bills resulting from a House-Senate compromise agreed upon last year. It also includes language ensuring federal employees who are working without pay or who have been furloughed receive back pay. This is the 10th vote Congresswoman Bustos has taken to open the government so TSA agents, federal prison workers, border patrol and other federal employees can be paid for their time on the job. "There's absolutely no reason why workers should go without pay while Congress and the White House negotiate policy," Congresswoman Bustos said. "We cannot have a government shutdown every time there is a political disagreement -- this dysfunction is unacceptable and it's not how the American people expect us to govern. "The legislation we passed today would end this reckless shutdown and includes funding for more than $1.6 billion in effective measures to keep Americans safe. Mitch McConnell and the president could end this crisis today -- it's time they realize the human cost of this shutdown, open the government and pay workers immediately." The funding legislation Congresswoman Bustos helped pass today includes more than $1.6 billion to keep communities safe -- including funding for more immigration judges at the border, investments in ports of entry infrastructure and assistance to Central America. Congresswoman Bustos also outlined a four-point plan to help keep communities safe in a recent op-ed -- you can read more about that plan by clicking here. Just this month, Congresswoman Bustos has voted 10 times to end the shutdown, open the government and keep families safe: Jan. 3 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass a package of six appropriations bills that have all previously either passed the Senate with unanimous or overwhelming bipartisan support. Jan. 3 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security through February 8 -- giving the president and Congressional leadership time to negotiate a compromise on border security while reopening our government. Jan. 9 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to fund the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. Jan. 10 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to fund the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. Jan. 10 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to fund the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and other key agencies. Jan. 11 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to fund the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior. Jan. 15 -- Congresswoman Bustos voted to end the shutdown and fund the government through Feb. 1. Jan. 16 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to end the shutdown and fund the government through Feb. 8. Jan. 23 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to end the shutdown and fund the government through Feb. 28. Jan. 23 -- Congresswoman Bustos helped pass legislation to end the shutdown, support effective border security measures and fund the government through Sept. 30.
01/03/2019 Bustos Sworn in for Fourth House Term
11/29/2018 Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Statement on Being Elected to Serve as the Next Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
11/29/2018 Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Announces Leadership Bit to Chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
11/16/2018 Statement: Congresswoman Bustos backs Leader Pelosi in Speaker's Race
06/08/2017 Bustos Statement on the Passage of the "Wrong CHOICE Act"
06/08/2017 Bustos Fights to Protect Small Airports, Rural Infrastructure at FAA Reauthorization Hearing
03/28/2017 Bustos Introduces Ron Moore, President of American Soybean Association, at Agriculture Hearing
12/02/2016 Bustos, Duckworth and Loebsack Applaud Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act
06/23/2016 Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Statement on Historic 26 Hour Sit-In on the Floor of the House
01/03/2013 U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos Statement on Swearing in of the 113th Congress
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