Dick Durbin: “I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) are necessarily…”

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.

Nominations hearings, like this one today, are an essential part of the Senate’s role in providing advice and consent on presidential nominees. This constitutional duty is a critical check on the Executive Branch. And it has never been…

Timely access to blood can be the difference between life and death, especially in a medical emergency.

The lawmakers also emphasized that the Trump Administration’s definition of medical frailty far exceeds what is outlined in the law itself and creates additional onerous barriers for both patients and states.