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Dick Durbin's Public Statements on Issue: Government Budget and Spending

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03/05/2024 Durbin, Welch, Senate Judiciary Democrats Urge Action by Federal Judiciary to Avoid Continued Funding Shortfall for Federal Public Defenders
01/12/2024 Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues In Calling On Senate Appropriations To Fight For Rail Funding In FY24 Spending Negotiations
01/04/2024 Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Warn Non-Unionized Automakers Not To Interfere In UAW Unionization Efforts
12/07/2023 Durbin, Duckworth Call On Biden Administration To Increase Funding For Programs Addressing Root Causes Of Gun Violence In FY25 Budget
10/18/2023 Durbin, Duckworth, Murphy, Senators Call For Humanitarian Aid To Address Emergency Needs In Gaza
09/13/2023 Durbin Leads Colleagues In Urging Census Bureau To Open Appeals Process For Formerly Joint Urban Areas Now In Jeopardy Of Losing Needed Federal Funding
08/02/2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Schakowsky, Lee, Blumenthal, and Booker Lead Colleagues in Pressing Federal Agencies to Reinforce Helms Amendment Exceptions to Countries and Organizations That Receive U.S. Foreign Assistance
05/26/2022 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, and Ranking Member Inhofe - Closure of Guantanamo Bay Through NDAA
05/10/2022 Letter to Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Advocating for Funding for DOJ's Newly Established Office of Environmental Justice
05/05/2022 Letter to Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - Wyden, Bennet, Colleagues Urge Full Funding of Unemployment Insurance Administration
03/31/2022 Letter to Hon. Tony Blinken, Secretary of State and Hon. Samantha Power, Administrator of the U. S. Agency for International Development - Kaine & Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Push International Donors to Fulfill $3.8 Billion Funding Gap to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
03/24/2022 Letter to Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary - Congressman Aderholt Joins Congressional Coalition on Adoption Co-chairs in Letter to Secretary of State Blinken
03/23/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Letter Urging Biden Administration to Designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status
03/03/2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Warner & Kaine Urge Changes to SNAP Benefits Guidance to Address Food Insecurity among Students
03/01/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Klobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians
02/17/2022 Letter to Patrick Leahy, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Richard Shelby, Vice-Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Van Hollen, Peters Call for $3 Million in Funding for PAWS Act
02/16/2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Kaine Joins Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Prioritize Funding to Improve Election Administration in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2023
01/26/2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture and Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development - Brown, Colleagues Lead Call to Release Funds to Help Meet Global Hunger Needs
01/20/2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Booker, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Biden to Include Funding for Emergency International Food Aid in Any Supplemental Request to Congress
12/13/2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
11/01/2021 Letter to Christi A. Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services - Durbin Calls For HHS OIG Investigation & ORR Action On Recent Report Concerning Afghan Refugee Children Being Cared For At Shelter In Illinois
11/01/2021 Letter to Cindy Huang, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement - Durbin Calls For HHS OIG Investigation & ORR Action On Recent Report Concerning Afghan Refugee Children Being Cared For At Shelter In Illinois
08/27/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Daines Calls on Biden Administration to Distribute Remaining COVID-19 Relief Funds to Montana Health Care Providers, Rural Communities
08/26/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Van Hollen Joins Colleagues in Urging HHS Secretary to Distribute Remaining COVID-19 Relief for Health Care Providers
08/26/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Shaheen, Collins Lead Colleagues in Urging HHS Secretary to Distribute Remaining COVID-19 Relief for Health Care Providers

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