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Feb. 2, 2023 Ahead Of The 30th Anniversary Of FMLA, Durbin, Hayes Introduce Legislation To Expand Family Leave Protections Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2023 Letter to Charles Barber, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Science Foundation - Senators Baldwin, Feinstein Call on National Science Foundation to Better Assess LGBTQI+ Representation in STEM Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 30, 2023 Durbin Applauds Appellate Court Ruling In Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Case Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 26, 2023 Schumer, Durbin, Blumenthal, Murphy, Markey, Duckworth, Padilla Slam WEE1 Tactical For Marketing Assault-Style "JR-15' Weapon To Kids; Senators Urge Federal Investigation Into Company Utilizing Children to Advertise Scaled-Down Version Of AR-15 Senators Call On FTC To Investigate WEE1 Tactical For Gaming The System, Marketing "JR-15' Towards "Smaller Enthusiasts" Company Touts That "JR-15 is 20% Smaller" Than An AR-15 & 2.5lbs "Lighter", And Features A Little Girl Aiming To Fire In Advert Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 24, 2023 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Problems in America's Ticketing & Live Entertainment Markets Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 24, 2023 Durbin Questions Witnesses During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Problems in America's Ticketing & Live Entertainment Markets Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 5, 2023 Letter to Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - Ranking Member Larsen and 25 T&I Members Urge Secretary Buttigieg to Hold Airlines Accountable for Mass Holiday Cancellations Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Today's @FTC announcement shows that Mastercard has been stifling debit card competition to the detriment of merchants and consumers. We must be vigilant in protecting debit and credit card competition, and we will." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Durbin, Cassidy Applaud Senate Passage Of Their Inform Consumers Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2022 Letter to Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Sens. Braun, Burr, Thune and Rep. Foxx Lead Republican Colleagues in Urging Department of Labor to Protect Independent Contractor Classification Rep. Mary Miller, ...
Dec. 12, 2022 Duckworth, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Meet Future Needs in Aviation Workforce Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 3, 2022 Tweet - "Increasing competition in the credit card industry will help reduce fees and inflation at the checkout counter. Small businesses deserve relief from excessive swipe fees & Congress must take action to bring competition and fairness to this broken market." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2022 Duckworth on Bill to Prevent Costs Rising for Millions of Working Americans by Averting Rail Shutdown Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 29, 2022 Durbin Questions Witnesses At Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On The Impact Of The Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2022 Durbin, Blumenthal, Scanlon Introduce Corporate Crime Database Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 16, 2022 Durbin, Duckworth Join Merkley In Introducing Legislation To Protect Consumers From Predatory Payday Lending Practices Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 20, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Scanlon, Durbin, Blumenthal Urge Justice Department to Publically Disclose Data on Prosecution of Corporate Crime Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Bowman, Casten, Castor Call on FERC to Amend Uniform System of Accounts That Allows Utilities to Charge Ratepayers for Political Advocacy Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Roy leads fight to investigate universities' and Big Tech's "unconstitutional diversity quotas' for graduate fellowships Rep. Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 12, 2022 Letter to Pablo Vegas, CEO of ERCOT - Lawmakers Open Investigation Into Texas Energy Grid Operator's Subsidies to Cryptominers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks - Release: Ro Khanna Leads Letter With 30 Members of Congress Calling on Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz to Support Fair Bargaining Process for All Employees Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 29, 2022 Klobuchar, Durbin Issue Statement Urging House to Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 21, 2022 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Here's one example of the importance of competition policy: Last year, American businesses paid $77 billion in fees for credit card transactions under the Visa-Mastercard duopoly. Those fees are passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices, and contribute to inflation." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 15, 2022 Cardin Leads Introduction of Legislation to Reauthorize & Improve Women's Business Center Program Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 15, 2022 Reps Houlahan, Chu and Small Business Chairwoman Velázquez: Stop Unfairly Penalizing PPP Borrowers Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Sept. 6, 2022 Tweet - "For years, e-cig companies like JUUL have targeted kids w/ deceptive advertising, hooked kids w/ their addictive nicotine products, & evaded real regulation by @US_FDA . This settlement is an important step, but does not absolve e-cig companies from the harm they have wrought." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Responsible dietary supplement manufacturers owe their customers honesty in their production & marketing. Since these supplements are rarely, if ever, tested by a federal agency, it is not too much to ask that their products be registered with FDA and their ingredients disclosed." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Tweet - "The whistleblower's allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter, willful misrepresentations by top executives to government agencies, and penetration of the company by foreign intelligence raise serious concerns." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Aug. 9, 2022 Schakowsky, Cicilline Introduce Legislation to Hold Airlines Accountable for Antitrust Violations Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 5, 2022 Schakowsky, Takano Introduce Legislation to Bring Transparency to Nursing Home Ownership Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 4, 2022 Letters to Digital Assets Industry CEOs - Chairwoman Waters, Representatives Beatty, Green, Foster and Lynch Send Letter to Digital Assets Industry Requesting Diversity and Inclusion Data Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 28, 2022 Bipartisan Bill Reese's Law Passes the House Rep. Robin Kelly
July 20, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Rep. García and 11 Members of Congress Urge Secretary Blinken to Support Guatemala Land Defenders Against Illegal Mining Project Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
July 20, 2022 Letter to Lance Magnum, Staff Vice President, Government Affairs of FedEx - Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Phillips, Pressley, Porter, And Bush Call On Private Mail Carriers To Uphold Customers' Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Protections Against Unreasonable Search And Seizure Of Abortion Medications Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022 Durbin, Duckworth Announce $2,000,000 For WIU's New Emergency Operations Center Sen. Dick Durbin
July 7, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Velázquez and Jayapal Lead Members in Urging Biden Administration to Embrace Program to Boost Wages for Restaurant Workers Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 27, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Gary Restaino, Acting Director of the ATF - Harshbarger, Budd Defend American Gun Retailers Rep. Mary Miller, ...
June 23, 2022 IN LIGHT OF WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH BIG OIL CEOS, DUCKWORTH JOINS COLLEAGUES IN URGING BIDEN TO HELP LOWER GAS PRICES Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 21, 2022 Letter to Ynon Kreiz, Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. - Blumenthal, Schakowsky & Colleagues Probe Fisher-Price Over Deadly Infant Rockers Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 15, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Accountability on Disaster Loans Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 15, 2022 Oversight Subcommittee Report Reveals EPA Failed to Protect Pets, Owners From Dangerous Flea and Tick Collar Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 14, 2022 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sens. Ossoff, Casey, Whitehouse Pushing to Reduce Energy Costs for Businesses & Manufacturers Rep. Sean Casten, ...
June 13, 2022 Tweet - "Following last month's disappointing decision by @Boeing to move their headquarters from Chicago, @SenDuckworth and I met with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun today to express our disappointment and urge him to stick by his commitment to maintain a strong presence in Illinois." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Feb. 2, 2023 Ahead Of The 30th Anniversary Of FMLA, Durbin, Hayes Introduce Legislation To Expand Family Leave Protections Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2023 Letter to Charles Barber, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Science Foundation - Senators Baldwin, Feinstein Call on National Science Foundation to Better Assess LGBTQI+ Representation in STEM Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 30, 2023 Durbin Applauds Appellate Court Ruling In Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Case Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 26, 2023 Schumer, Durbin, Blumenthal, Murphy, Markey, Duckworth, Padilla Slam WEE1 Tactical For Marketing Assault-Style "JR-15' Weapon To Kids; Senators Urge Federal Investigation Into Company Utilizing Children to Advertise Scaled-Down Version Of AR-15 Senators Call On FTC To Investigate WEE1 Tactical For Gaming The System, Marketing "JR-15' Towards "Smaller Enthusiasts" Company Touts That "JR-15 is 20% Smaller" Than An AR-15 & 2.5lbs "Lighter", And Features A Little Girl Aiming To Fire In Advert Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 24, 2023 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Problems in America's Ticketing & Live Entertainment Markets Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 24, 2023 Durbin Questions Witnesses During Judiciary Committee Hearing on Problems in America's Ticketing & Live Entertainment Markets Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 5, 2023 Letter to Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - Ranking Member Larsen and 25 T&I Members Urge Secretary Buttigieg to Hold Airlines Accountable for Mass Holiday Cancellations Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Today's @FTC announcement shows that Mastercard has been stifling debit card competition to the detriment of merchants and consumers. We must be vigilant in protecting debit and credit card competition, and we will." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Durbin, Cassidy Applaud Senate Passage Of Their Inform Consumers Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 13, 2022 Letter to Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Sens. Braun, Burr, Thune and Rep. Foxx Lead Republican Colleagues in Urging Department of Labor to Protect Independent Contractor Classification Rep.Mary Miller, ...
Dec. 12, 2022 Duckworth, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Meet Future Needs in Aviation Workforce Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 3, 2022 Tweet - "Increasing competition in the credit card industry will help reduce fees and inflation at the checkout counter. Small businesses deserve relief from excessive swipe fees & Congress must take action to bring competition and fairness to this broken market." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2022 Duckworth on Bill to Prevent Costs Rising for Millions of Working Americans by Averting Rail Shutdown Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 29, 2022 Durbin Questions Witnesses At Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On The Impact Of The Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2022 Durbin, Blumenthal, Scanlon Introduce Corporate Crime Database Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 16, 2022 Durbin, Duckworth Join Merkley In Introducing Legislation To Protect Consumers From Predatory Payday Lending Practices Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 20, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Scanlon, Durbin, Blumenthal Urge Justice Department to Publically Disclose Data on Prosecution of Corporate Crime Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Bowman, Casten, Castor Call on FERC to Amend Uniform System of Accounts That Allows Utilities to Charge Ratepayers for Political Advocacy Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Oct. 13, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Roy leads fight to investigate universities' and Big Tech's "unconstitutional diversity quotas' for graduate fellowships Rep.Mary Miller, ...
Oct. 12, 2022 Letter to Pablo Vegas, CEO of ERCOT - Lawmakers Open Investigation Into Texas Energy Grid Operator's Subsidies to Cryptominers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Durbin, Welch Statement On Federal Reserve's New Rule To Ensure Debit Card Competition Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 3, 2022 Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks - Release: Ro Khanna Leads Letter With 30 Members of Congress Calling on Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz to Support Fair Bargaining Process for All Employees Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 29, 2022 Klobuchar, Durbin Issue Statement Urging House to Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Sept. 21, 2022 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Here's one example of the importance of competition policy: Last year, American businesses paid $77 billion in fees for credit card transactions under the Visa-Mastercard duopoly. Those fees are passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices, and contribute to inflation." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 15, 2022 Cardin Leads Introduction of Legislation to Reauthorize & Improve Women's Business Center Program Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Sept. 15, 2022 Reps Houlahan, Chu and Small Business Chairwoman Velázquez: Stop Unfairly Penalizing PPP Borrowers Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Sept. 6, 2022 Tweet - "For years, e-cig companies like JUUL have targeted kids w/ deceptive advertising, hooked kids w/ their addictive nicotine products, & evaded real regulation by @US_FDA . This settlement is an important step, but does not absolve e-cig companies from the harm they have wrought." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Responsible dietary supplement manufacturers owe their customers honesty in their production & marketing. Since these supplements are rarely, if ever, tested by a federal agency, it is not too much to ask that their products be registered with FDA and their ingredients disclosed." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Claims Of Widespread Security Failures At Twitter Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 23, 2022 Tweet - "The whistleblower's allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter, willful misrepresentations by top executives to government agencies, and penetration of the company by foreign intelligence raise serious concerns." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 10, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cortez Masto Calls on Administration to Release Unspent COVID Relief Funds to Restaurants Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Aug. 9, 2022 Schakowsky, Cicilline Introduce Legislation to Hold Airlines Accountable for Antitrust Violations Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Aug. 5, 2022 Schakowsky, Takano Introduce Legislation to Bring Transparency to Nursing Home Ownership Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Aug. 4, 2022 Letters to Digital Assets Industry CEOs - Chairwoman Waters, Representatives Beatty, Green, Foster and Lynch Send Letter to Digital Assets Industry Requesting Diversity and Inclusion Data Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 28, 2022 Bipartisan Bill Reese's Law Passes the House Rep.Robin Kelly
July 20, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Rep. García and 11 Members of Congress Urge Secretary Blinken to Support Guatemala Land Defenders Against Illegal Mining Project Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
July 20, 2022 Letter to Lance Magnum, Staff Vice President, Government Affairs of FedEx - Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Phillips, Pressley, Porter, And Bush Call On Private Mail Carriers To Uphold Customers' Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Protections Against Unreasonable Search And Seizure Of Abortion Medications Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022 Durbin, Duckworth Announce $2,000,000 For WIU's New Emergency Operations Center Sen.Dick Durbin
July 7, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Velázquez and Jayapal Lead Members in Urging Biden Administration to Embrace Program to Boost Wages for Restaurant Workers Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 27, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Gary Restaino, Acting Director of the ATF - Harshbarger, Budd Defend American Gun Retailers Rep.Mary Miller, ...
June 23, 2022 IN LIGHT OF WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH BIG OIL CEOS, DUCKWORTH JOINS COLLEAGUES IN URGING BIDEN TO HELP LOWER GAS PRICES Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 21, 2022 Letter to Ynon Kreiz, Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. - Blumenthal, Schakowsky & Colleagues Probe Fisher-Price Over Deadly Infant Rockers Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 15, 2022 Letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Accountability on Disaster Loans Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 15, 2022 Oversight Subcommittee Report Reveals EPA Failed to Protect Pets, Owners From Dangerous Flea and Tick Collar Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 14, 2022 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Sens. Ossoff, Casey, Whitehouse Pushing to Reduce Energy Costs for Businesses & Manufacturers Rep.Sean Casten, ...
June 13, 2022 Tweet - "Following last month's disappointing decision by @Boeing to move their headquarters from Chicago, @SenDuckworth and I met with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun today to express our disappointment and urge him to stick by his commitment to maintain a strong presence in Illinois." Sen.Dick Durbin
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