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June 29, 2018
Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commissioner, FDA - Protect Children From Addictive Vaping Products
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Glad HHS answered @SenateDems request by taking this important step for the health and well being of these children. We need full transparency about what's happening under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy has created a humanitarian and health crisis that they now have a moral obligation to solve. I'm asking HHS for more info on the health and well-being of separated children, and when they'll be reunited with their parents."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2018
Tweet - "As of today, more than 2,000 children remain separated from their parents. Also as of today, the President has continued to verbally attack immigrants and demand deportations without due process. He lacks the compassion to help solve the humanitarian crisis he created."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Trump Administration Must Account for Every Immigrant Child Separated from Parents
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 20, 2018
Nation's Moral Traditions
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 20, 2018
Family Separation
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health - E&C Democrats Demand Hearing on Child Detention Centers
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Calls For Hearing On President Trump's Family Separation Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Investigate Trump Policy of Separating Children at Border
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 15, 2018
Tweet - "On this day 6 years ago President Obama established #DACA. This program gave young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens "
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 29, 2018
Tweet - "Today, @SenDuckworth and I sent letters to high school and middle school Superintendents across Illinois requesting information on student use of e-cigarettes and vaping products, such as the JUUL vaping device."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018
Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
Rep. Danny Davis
May 24, 2018
Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
Rep. Danny Davis
May 23, 2018
Durbin Questions Trump Administration's Cruel Crackdown On Children Fleeing Persecution
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 23, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Protect Against Anti-Faith Bias that Targets Adoption Agencies, Displaces Children
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
May 22, 2018
Statement of Congressman Danny K. Davis In Support of His Amendment to Modernize and Expand Healthy Marriage Promotion and Fatherhood Grants
Rep. Danny Davis
May 18, 2018
Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 10, 2018
Durbin Presses Trump Administration To Take Stronger Action To Protect Kids From E-Cigarette Addiction
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018
Letter to Lisa Stevenson, Acting General Counsel - Rep. Sewell and 24 Members of Congress Urge FEC to Allow Campaign-Related Childcare Expenses
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 9, 2018
"Hundreds of American Mothers Are Dying, It's Time for Congress to Do Something about It," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Rep. Robin Kelly
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 4, 2018
Letter to Chairman Moran and Ranking Member Shaheen - Funding of Juvenile Justice Programs
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date
Title
Politician
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018
Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commissioner, FDA - Protect Children From Addictive Vaping Products
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Glad HHS answered @SenateDems request by taking this important step for the health and well being of these children. We need full transparency about what's happening under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy has created a humanitarian and health crisis that they now have a moral obligation to solve. I'm asking HHS for more info on the health and well-being of separated children, and when they'll be reunited with their parents."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2018
Tweet - "As of today, more than 2,000 children remain separated from their parents. Also as of today, the President has continued to verbally attack immigrants and demand deportations without due process. He lacks the compassion to help solve the humanitarian crisis he created."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Trump Administration Must Account for Every Immigrant Child Separated from Parents
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 20, 2018
Nation's Moral Traditions
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 20, 2018
Family Separation
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health - E&C Democrats Demand Hearing on Child Detention Centers
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Calls For Hearing On President Trump's Family Separation Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Investigate Trump Policy of Separating Children at Border
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 15, 2018
Tweet - "On this day 6 years ago President Obama established #DACA. This program gave young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America - Reduce Smoking In Movies Geared Toward Children & Teens
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Durbin & Markey Introduce New Legislation To Protect Children's Online Privacy
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "We know children & teens are more likely to pick up that first cigarette if they see it normalized on the big screen. @SenMarkey & I are asking the film industry to heed the Surgeon General's call & take action that can help prevent youth smoking. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-call-to-reduce-smoking-in-movies-geared-toward-children-and-teens "
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "In today's era of "big data,' kids are using the internet every day without fully understanding the consequences. Kids are growing up with screens in their hands and internet companies are now vacuuming up their personal data."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 29, 2018
Tweet - "Today, @SenDuckworth and I sent letters to high school and middle school Superintendents across Illinois requesting information on student use of e-cigarettes and vaping products, such as the JUUL vaping device."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018
Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
Rep.Danny Davis
May 24, 2018
Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Davis Markup on the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
Rep.Danny Davis
May 23, 2018
Durbin Questions Trump Administration's Cruel Crackdown On Children Fleeing Persecution
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 23, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Protect Against Anti-Faith Bias that Targets Adoption Agencies, Displaces Children
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
May 22, 2018
Statement of Congressman Danny K. Davis In Support of His Amendment to Modernize and Expand Healthy Marriage Promotion and Fatherhood Grants
Rep.Danny Davis
May 18, 2018
Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 10, 2018
Durbin Presses Trump Administration To Take Stronger Action To Protect Kids From E-Cigarette Addiction
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018
Letter to Lisa Stevenson, Acting General Counsel - Rep. Sewell and 24 Members of Congress Urge FEC to Allow Campaign-Related Childcare Expenses
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 9, 2018
"Hundreds of American Mothers Are Dying, It's Time for Congress to Do Something about It," says Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Rep.Robin Kelly
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 4, 2018
Letter to Chairman Moran and Ranking Member Shaheen - Funding of Juvenile Justice Programs
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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