In the words of the late John Lewis, the right to vote is ‘the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument we have in a democratic society.’ When Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and then reauthorized the bill in 2006, an overwhelming bipartisan majority supported the measure,

This amendment was simple. If you attacked our democracy or assaulted police officers, you should never get a taxpayer-funded job,

Life is a sacred gift from God, and as this horrific event reminds us, it can be too short.

Republicans keep wrongly claiming that Trump has 60 days to seek authorization for this needless war—but now, even that fake deadline is looming,

HHS Secretary Kennedy struggled to defend his budget request last week. Why would he want to fund 4,600 fewer research grants? That is 4,600 [potential] cures. Those cuts would extinguish hope for patients, and devastate America’s standing as the world’s leader in medical research.

Manufactured housing should be an opportunity for affordable homeownership, not a profit center for Wall Street,

This bill doesn’t make America healthier, it makes families hungrier,

Families and businesses in rural Illinois deserve to have reliable, affordable energy, and electric co-ops are critical to this goal,

This is a major step forward for countless Haitian families in Florida and across the country who have been living in fear and uncertainty,

Families in the Inland Empire are being priced out of their own communities, and that is unacceptable. As an appropriator, I fought to deliver $1 million for Vista Verde II because affordable housing is critical for our families,

I am honored to accept the Inaugural John and Rita Canning Leadership Award from Northwestern Memorial today. Throughout my time in the Senate, making sure families have affordable health insurance and high quality care has remained on my heart and mind, as has ensuring federal funding for the medical research that makes new cures and treatments possible,

If you traffic children, you should never get a pass from the United States government and I’m proud that my amendment passed and puts us on record standing up for victims and holding traffickers accountable,

The team at Roca have been incredible partners in our shared work to end cycles of trauma and violence across Chelsea and across our Commonwealth,

Number one—on a macro-level—it really is important to end this war [in Iran], because it’s directly adding to the cost that everybody is paying. It’s having significant impact on our farmers,

Young people have the most at stake in the climate crisis, yet for too long they’ve been left out of the decisions shaping their future,

Our students, particularly students of color, perform better when taught and cared for by educators who reflect the communities they serve,

If Republicans want to keep the government open, they need to be willing to negotiate real protections for Americans’ constitutional rights,

Our ports play a critical role in maintaining Illinois’s status as a major commerce hub,