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Our health care professionals, especially our nurses, are on the front lines, providing critical care to patients. But they don’t have access to the resources they need to succeed. I’ve made it a priority to work alongside institutions…
Mandamus is simply not appropriate. This case presents one coequal branch acting in defiance of an order from another coequal branch.
The executive branch, through counsel, may have misrepresented or concealed facts when questioned by a federal court.
Congress requires that lawyers tell the truth in judicial proceedings.
Illinois relies on rail to push our economy forward and to ensure statewide connectivity, but we’ve been missing a critical route between Chicago and the Quad Cities.
For too long, the Quad Cities have gone without a passenger rail line to Chicago, limiting Illinoisans’ options to get to school, businesses and visit loved ones. With this funding extension, we’re closer to delivering the passenger rail…
Courtrooms handling upwards of 150 respondents in a judge’s morning docket raise serious concerns about whether individuals are receiving a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
Through these hearings, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is intentionally overcrowding dockets with little notice to immigrants in an effort to manufacture significant numbers of removal…
This is a crisis our rural communities cannot afford to get worse. To help address these challenges, we must plan for the long-term and invest in training the next generation of health care professionals.
Rural Illinoisans were already dealing with extreme barriers to care, between a shortage of health care professionals and too many having to travel hours to the nearest hospital when mere minutes can mean life or death in an emergency.
Senator Duckworth and I helped to secure $18.3 million in federal funding for the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station to better connect families, students, and small businesses to local and national destinations.
When public transportation is accessible, everyone benefits.
The 129 responses we received made it clear that this legislation will mean shuttering of services, layoffs, and even hospital closures—meaning patients will needlessly suffer.
For many Illinoisans in rural communities, health care was already too expensive and too hard to get—and then came the Medicaid cuts.
The children I saw today are being put through hell. The Trump administration isn’t going after ‘the worst of the worst.’ They’re deporting kids.
What I witnessed today illustrated President Trump and Stephen Miller’s ruthless agenda: they will go so far with their cruel immigration operation to target terrified children, forcing them to articulate their fears in front of a judge…
I can’t wait to see all the good that happens here.
I secured $1 million in federal funding for Lurie Children’s to help create this community health clinic in Austin and now, that investment comes to life.