“Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits. What does that mean? … It means that beneficiaries across our nation will see their benefit checks cut by 22 percent.

“Social Security is a lifeline that they earned after a lifetime of hard work. But many beneficiaries still struggle with living expenses.

We are not the only ones who call Illinois home—we share our environment and wetlands with countless creatures and precious wildlife who rely on us to protect them. I’m grateful Senators Heinrich and Boozman worked in a bipartisan way to…

Trump claims we can’t afford daycare and healthcare for families but has no problem signing a $70 billion blank check—on top of the $100 billion already included in his Big, Ugly Bill—for his lawless agents who killed two Americans in…

“Each year, the Social Security Board of Trustees releases a report that tells us about the status of Social Security’s finances. Their 2026 report, released yesterday, should send alarm bells through Congress,”

I’m also proud to secure important provisions that would protect jobs at Rock Island Arsenal, modernize our military infrastructure, support defense manufacturing and expand health care access for military families while supporting…

The brave Illinoisans who serve our nation in uniform at home and abroad deserve to know that our country fully supports them as they and their families sacrifice to defend our country.

I worked hard to ensure this bill includes provisions that would protect Illinoisans’ civil rights against this egregious misuse of our military.

Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits.

Those who oppose reforming FISA argue there’s no time to address these abuses because our national security will be harmed if Section 702 is allowed to expire even for a day. That is not true.

We must find a way for Congress to debate this issue in a transparent, fair, and bipartisan way—a mechanism that would force us to make meaningful and important policy choices.

Let’s not run away from this responsibility anymore. Let’s not say it’s somebody else’s problem.

In that law, they created a requirement for all Medicaid recipients between the ages of 18 and 64 to either work 80 hours each month or verify that they are too sick to do so, in order to remain covered.

“After everything our troops sacrifice for our nation, they should never have to sacrifice their dreams of building a family,”

It is unacceptable that Republicans would once again stand in the way of the President keeping that promise, especially for our brave servicemembers.

I cannot rubberstamp $1.5 trillion—the largest defense budget ever proposed in our nation’s history—with zero checks.

Each year, the Social Security Board of Trustees releases a report that tells us about the status of Social Security’s finances. Their 2026 report, released yesterday, should send alarm bells through Congress.

Sharon Dunham, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, told The Wall Street Journal that she beat cancer twice and has multiple health challenges. But she had to drop her insurance altogether this year when her monthly premiums increased by more than…