U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging them to swiftly obligate Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Congressionally appropriated funds for the Baltic Security Initiative (BSI) as Russia intensifies its aggression around the Baltic region. Durbin and Grassley sent a letter in May requesting Hegseth and Rubio immediately re… Continue Reading
CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today attended the annual MxD Member Summit, where he delivered remarks about Illinois’ leadership in technology advancement and research. MxD—previously known as the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute—is one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) leading manufacturing institutes that equips U.S. factories with the digital tools, cybersecurity, and workf… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging them to investigate the Trump Administration’s decision to rapidly establish new, hidden immigration courts. In the Homeland Security Act, Congress preserved the separation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration enforcement functions from immigration courts’ adjudicatory role. Yet the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Execu… Continue Reading
October 18, 2026