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July 21, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Rep. Bass Calls On Biden To Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency, Expand Federal Vaccine Program Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "Wishing my friend @POTUS a speedy and full recovery. And credit to him for handling this with the fullest transparency--the American people deserve a President who does not lie to them." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "Until Republicans in Congress come to their senses on the climate crisis, @POTUS should do everything that he can to protect this Earth--especially given the recent disastrous SCOTUS decision obstructing @EPA . Our planet is burning. Inaction is not an option." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "@SenateDems have a simple proposal when it comes to sky-high cost of drugs in America: bargaining for fair prices. Republicans opposing this effort should sit down and actually talk to some of the families affected by this crisis--and stop taking their cues from Big Pharma." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
July 19, 2022 Durbin: Democrats Propose Fairness When It Comes To Prescription Drug Prices Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin: There Is No Excuse For FDA's Food Safety Failures To Persist Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "@US_FDA continues to bungle the regulation of e-cigarettes. Meanwhile thousands of our kids are becoming vaping addicts. The tobacco lawyers are running rings around the FDA." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "The American people are sick and tired of overpriced prescription drugs, and @SenateDems have a plan to lower costs. If Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans want to side with Big Pharma over patients in this fight, then bring it on." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin: Overturning Roe Has Unleashed A Health Care Crisis In This Country Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin Highlights Efforts By Senate Democrats To Lower Prescription Drug Prices Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Underwood Votes to Defend Reproductive Freedoms Against Extreme Republican Assaults Rep. Lauren Underwood
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "There is no excuse for @US_FDA 's persistent failures on food safety. If the Food and Drug Administration is incapable of handling both food and drugs, then I think it's time for a new agency--the Food Safety Administration--to take over." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Access to Safe ALS Therapies Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "History will not judge today's Senate kindly if it fails to take any meaningful steps to deal with the climate crisis. We are leaving our children an increasingly dangerous planet to live on." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Durbin Discusses Federal Funding For Youth Mental Health Services Sen. Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "It was a pleasure to speak at @Thresholdschi and discuss the $1M in federal funding I secured to expand its mental health & trauma services for young adults. I look forward to seeing their growth thanks to this funding." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Foster Votes to Restore Reproductive Rights and Abortion Access Nationwide Rep. Bill Foster
July 15, 2022 Casten Statement on the Future of Climate Action Rep. Sean Casten
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Seize the day! If we can get relief from the spiraling cost of prescription drugs facing American families, take it. Is Republican Senate Leader McConnell really going to oppose our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs? Bring it on." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 14, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Huffman, Booker, Lowenthal Lead 35 Colleagues in Letter Raising Concerns Over Climate & Environmental Justice Risks of Chemical Recycling of Plastics Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
July 14, 2022 Quigley, Meng Bipartisan Pandemic Prevention Initiatives Included in National Defense Authorization Act Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
July 13, 2022 Blunt Rochester, Duckworth, and Congressional Environmental Justice Leaders Introduce Bill to Improve Air Quality Monitoring, Protect Frontline Communities Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "Black, Brown, indigenous, & frontline & environmental justice communities have been raising red flags on industrial polluters for generations. Our response has been too little, too late. As the WV v EPA decision demonstrates, our system still fails them. " Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "Americans deserve to know what is in their dietary supplements. I'm leading a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to bring improved transparency and safety to the dietary supplement market. My thoughts in @thehill :" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Bost Votes to Support Toxic-exposed Veterans Rep. Mike Bost
July 13, 2022 Schakowsky Applauds the Advancement of the Lymphedema Treatment Act Rep. Jan Schakowsky
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "@US_FDA raised alarm about the threat to America's kids from vaping synthetic nicotine. So I led a bipartisan effort to close this loophole and provide FDA tools to protect public health. But the deadline is today to remove unauthorized e-cigs from the market. Will FDA act?" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Duckworth Introduces Bill to Strengthen Nationwide Air Monitoring and Protect Public Health Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, FDA Commissioner - Durbin, Collins Urge FDA To Follow The Law, Clear The Market Of All Unauthorized Synthetic Vapes Ahead Of July 13th Deadline Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2022 Durbin Questions Witnesses In Judiciary Committee Hearing On The Legal Consequences Of The Dobbs Decision Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pushing the Department of Justice to Strengthen Environmental Justice Program Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Data Brokerage Companies and CEOs of Health App Companies - Maloney, Krishnamoorthi, and Jacobs Launch Probe of Reproductive Health Data Privacy Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "It's about time--Big Pharma has been taking Medicare for a ride for far too long. It's simple: patients and taxpayers should not be paying for costly medicines that go unused. Pleased that my legislation fixed this loophole, saving Medicare billions." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 7, 2022 Tweet - "I was at @KSBHospital to announce $334K in federal funding @SenDuckworth and I secured to renovate their labor delivery unit. Providing quality care to mothers is essential in the maternal mortality crisis, which has an even greater urgency after the overturning of Roe v. Wade." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 6, 2022 Tweet - "Too many Americans struggle to afford medications because Big Pharma has put profits over patients. @SenateDems are working to lower the prices of prescription drugs. Today's action signals new plans to bring financial relief at the pharmacy for working families." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision Gutting EPA Authority Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Tweet - "This ruling is a dangerous step backwards and threatens our air and our planet. It sets a troubling precedent both for what it means to protect public health and the authority regulatory agencies have to protect public health." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Senator Reverend Warnock Urges Senate Leadership To Extend Critical Federal Health Care Subsidies Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2022 Duckworth Statement on Supreme Court's Disastrous Decision to Strip EPA's Authority to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Tackle Climate Crisis Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2022 Underwood-backed Legislation to Strengthen Mental Health and Substance Use Care Passes the House Rep. Lauren Underwood
June 27, 2022 AT DUCKWORTH'S REQUEST, GAO TO CONDUCT STUDY INTO BARRIERS IN HEALTHCARE ACCESS FACED BY AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 25, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Democrats Push Biden for "Bold Action" to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 23, 2022 Durbin Applauds FDA Decision To Remove All JUUL Products From The Market Sen. Dick Durbin
June 23, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Rep. Huffman Urges Epa to Uphold Cwa, Enact Regulations on Harmful Ballast Water Discharges Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
June 22, 2022 DUCKWORTH-SUPPORTED BILL TO REDUCE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS PASSES SENATE COMMITTEE Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 22, 2022 DUCKWORTH STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL TO LOWER COST OF INSULIN, SAVING LIVES AND MONEY FOR WORKING FAMILIES Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 21, 2022 Letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Urge Expanded Dental Health Coverage Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date Title Politician
July 21, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Rep. Bass Calls On Biden To Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency, Expand Federal Vaccine Program Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "Wishing my friend @POTUS a speedy and full recovery. And credit to him for handling this with the fullest transparency--the American people deserve a President who does not lie to them." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "Until Republicans in Congress come to their senses on the climate crisis, @POTUS should do everything that he can to protect this Earth--especially given the recent disastrous SCOTUS decision obstructing @EPA . Our planet is burning. Inaction is not an option." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "@SenateDems have a simple proposal when it comes to sky-high cost of drugs in America: bargaining for fair prices. Republicans opposing this effort should sit down and actually talk to some of the families affected by this crisis--and stop taking their cues from Big Pharma." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
July 19, 2022 Durbin: Democrats Propose Fairness When It Comes To Prescription Drug Prices Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin: There Is No Excuse For FDA's Food Safety Failures To Persist Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "@US_FDA continues to bungle the regulation of e-cigarettes. Meanwhile thousands of our kids are becoming vaping addicts. The tobacco lawyers are running rings around the FDA." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "The American people are sick and tired of overpriced prescription drugs, and @SenateDems have a plan to lower costs. If Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans want to side with Big Pharma over patients in this fight, then bring it on." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin: Overturning Roe Has Unleashed A Health Care Crisis In This Country Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Durbin Highlights Efforts By Senate Democrats To Lower Prescription Drug Prices Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2022 Underwood Votes to Defend Reproductive Freedoms Against Extreme Republican Assaults Rep.Lauren Underwood
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "There is no excuse for @US_FDA 's persistent failures on food safety. If the Food and Drug Administration is incapable of handling both food and drugs, then I think it's time for a new agency--the Food Safety Administration--to take over." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Access to Safe ALS Therapies Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "History will not judge today's Senate kindly if it fails to take any meaningful steps to deal with the climate crisis. We are leaving our children an increasingly dangerous planet to live on." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Durbin Discusses Federal Funding For Youth Mental Health Services Sen.Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "It was a pleasure to speak at @Thresholdschi and discuss the $1M in federal funding I secured to expand its mental health & trauma services for young adults. I look forward to seeing their growth thanks to this funding." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 15, 2022 Foster Votes to Restore Reproductive Rights and Abortion Access Nationwide Rep.Bill Foster
July 15, 2022 Casten Statement on the Future of Climate Action Rep.Sean Casten
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Seize the day! If we can get relief from the spiraling cost of prescription drugs facing American families, take it. Is Republican Senate Leader McConnell really going to oppose our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs? Bring it on." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 14, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Huffman, Booker, Lowenthal Lead 35 Colleagues in Letter Raising Concerns Over Climate & Environmental Justice Risks of Chemical Recycling of Plastics Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
July 14, 2022 Quigley, Meng Bipartisan Pandemic Prevention Initiatives Included in National Defense Authorization Act Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
July 13, 2022 Blunt Rochester, Duckworth, and Congressional Environmental Justice Leaders Introduce Bill to Improve Air Quality Monitoring, Protect Frontline Communities Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "Black, Brown, indigenous, & frontline & environmental justice communities have been raising red flags on industrial polluters for generations. Our response has been too little, too late. As the WV v EPA decision demonstrates, our system still fails them. " Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "Americans deserve to know what is in their dietary supplements. I'm leading a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to bring improved transparency and safety to the dietary supplement market. My thoughts in @thehill :" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Bost Votes to Support Toxic-exposed Veterans Rep.Mike Bost
July 13, 2022 Schakowsky Applauds the Advancement of the Lymphedema Treatment Act Rep.Jan Schakowsky
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "@US_FDA raised alarm about the threat to America's kids from vaping synthetic nicotine. So I led a bipartisan effort to close this loophole and provide FDA tools to protect public health. But the deadline is today to remove unauthorized e-cigs from the market. Will FDA act?" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2022 Duckworth Introduces Bill to Strengthen Nationwide Air Monitoring and Protect Public Health Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, FDA Commissioner - Durbin, Collins Urge FDA To Follow The Law, Clear The Market Of All Unauthorized Synthetic Vapes Ahead Of July 13th Deadline Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2022 Durbin Questions Witnesses In Judiciary Committee Hearing On The Legal Consequences Of The Dobbs Decision Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pushing the Department of Justice to Strengthen Environmental Justice Program Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 8, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Data Brokerage Companies and CEOs of Health App Companies - Maloney, Krishnamoorthi, and Jacobs Launch Probe of Reproductive Health Data Privacy Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "It's about time--Big Pharma has been taking Medicare for a ride for far too long. It's simple: patients and taxpayers should not be paying for costly medicines that go unused. Pleased that my legislation fixed this loophole, saving Medicare billions." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 7, 2022 Tweet - "I was at @KSBHospital to announce $334K in federal funding @SenDuckworth and I secured to renovate their labor delivery unit. Providing quality care to mothers is essential in the maternal mortality crisis, which has an even greater urgency after the overturning of Roe v. Wade." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 6, 2022 Tweet - "Too many Americans struggle to afford medications because Big Pharma has put profits over patients. @SenateDems are working to lower the prices of prescription drugs. Today's action signals new plans to bring financial relief at the pharmacy for working families." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision Gutting EPA Authority Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Tweet - "This ruling is a dangerous step backwards and threatens our air and our planet. It sets a troubling precedent both for what it means to protect public health and the authority regulatory agencies have to protect public health." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives - Senator Reverend Warnock Urges Senate Leadership To Extend Critical Federal Health Care Subsidies Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 30, 2022 Duckworth Statement on Supreme Court's Disastrous Decision to Strip EPA's Authority to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Tackle Climate Crisis Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 28, 2022 Underwood-backed Legislation to Strengthen Mental Health and Substance Use Care Passes the House Rep.Lauren Underwood
June 27, 2022 AT DUCKWORTH'S REQUEST, GAO TO CONDUCT STUDY INTO BARRIERS IN HEALTHCARE ACCESS FACED BY AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 25, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Democrats Push Biden for "Bold Action" to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 23, 2022 Durbin Applauds FDA Decision To Remove All JUUL Products From The Market Sen.Dick Durbin
June 23, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Rep. Huffman Urges Epa to Uphold Cwa, Enact Regulations on Harmful Ballast Water Discharges Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
June 22, 2022 DUCKWORTH-SUPPORTED BILL TO REDUCE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS PASSES SENATE COMMITTEE Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 22, 2022 DUCKWORTH STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL TO LOWER COST OF INSULIN, SAVING LIVES AND MONEY FOR WORKING FAMILIES Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 21, 2022 Letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Urge Expanded Dental Health Coverage Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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