After years of waiting, I think it is long overdue for Congress to honor the Dreamers’ patience and persistence, act on our own promises, and provide them with a pathway to citizenship.

This kind of conflict of interest raises serious questions. These are lifetime appointments to federal judgeships—lifetime appointments which have to be given to people who have been carefully scrutinized.

The current loose framework stunningly avoids critical issues related to Iran’s nuclear program… did we really start a war to return to the same deal Trump abandoned during his first term as President?

I’m going to continue to fight for the Dreamers and continue to fight for DACA.

So, I look forward to a close look at what the final deal looks like. And if predicted, it is similar to what Trump abandoned, we have to ask ourselves if this war was really worth the American [service members’] lives or cost?

We are troubled to see the Board, and by extension, the Department of Justice, attempt to circumvent legal protections for DACA recipients, which have been codified in regulation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and affirmed…

We are writing to urge the Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue an extension for the federal funding previously secured for the Chicago-Quad Cities passenger rail project, the…

Illinois is home to a vast range of landscapes, from the Chicago cityscape to the oak-hickory forests in Carbondale and the wetlands in between. Our state’s natural beauty is worth preserving, and I’m grateful that my colleagues in the…

We cannot let it happen.

“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,”

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

“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.

“So why haven’t we done something to avoid this deadline in 2032? It’s because we have a fear that doing what is right may be politically unpopular.

We write to express our strong disagreement with the legal justification presented in your May 1, 2026, notification to Congress pursuant to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, regarding the authority to conduct war against Iran.

“Let’s not run away from this responsibility anymore. Let’s not say it’s somebody else’s problem. We were elected to solve problems.

Somehow, congressional Republicans were able to scrounge up $70 billion to fund the President’s mass deportation campaign, but they could not scrape together any money to help Illinoisans afford their groceries, gas, or health care as…

Do you stand by your efforts to weaken the Voting Rights Act?

Are you aware of the current controversy on redistricting and the prospect of many minority seats being eliminated?

The conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recognized the ‘immense reliance interest’ that DACA has created when it kept in place a stay for current DACA recipients. Do you agree with the Fifth Circuit?

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.

Do you realize it was created by President Obama 14 years ago, and more than 800,000 individuals have taken advantage of that program?

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

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.

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.

One day before this report was published, two prosecutors in your office were terminated for their alleged misconduct in this case. Do you believe that apolitical, career civil servants should be terminated simply because they were…