News Releases Group Dates
News Releases Dates
News Releases Titles
May 2026
05/22/26	Durbin, Grassley Urge Defense Secretary Hegseth To Immediately Release Congressionally Approved Funding To The Baltic Security Initiative, Ukraine
05/22/26	Durbin, Duckworth, Kelly, Budzinski Call On Secretary Of Commerce To Finally Approve Illinois Bead Program Proposal, Allow Illinoisans To Connect To The Internet
05/21/26	Ranking Members Durbin, Raskin, Padilla, Jayapal Statement On Trump Administration’s Unlawful Refugee Consultation With Congress
05/21/26	Durbin Questions NIH Director, Rips Trump Administration For Bowing To Big Tobacco & Endangering Children
05/21/26	Durbin, Hirono Call On Department Of Education To Strengthen Proposed Gainful Employment Rule
05/21/26	Durbin Calls For Release Of Chicago High School Senior Currently Detained By ICE Despite His Pending Asylum Case And Lack Of Criminal Record
05/20/26	Durbin Demands Information Regarding President Trump’s Nearly $2 Billion Slush Fund For January 6 Insurrectionists & Trump Allies In Letter To Acting AG Blanche
05/20/26	Durbin Calls For An End To The Federal Death Penalty
05/20/26	Durbin Questions Trump Nominees During A Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
05/20/26	Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill To End Federal Death Penalty
05/20/26	Durbin Speaks Against The Trump Administration’s Efforts To Restrict Americans’ Voting Rights & The Recent Supreme Court Decision To Gut The VRA
05/20/26	Durbin Slams Trump’s Nearly $2 Billion Slush Fund For January 6 Insurrectionists & Trump Allies During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
05/20/26	Durbin Urges HHS Secretary Kennedy To Intervene And Push Back On FDA Allowing Flavored Vapes That Harm Our Children
05/19/26	Durbin Delivers Opening Statement On The Trump Administration, Supreme Court’s Continued Attacks On Voting Rights During A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
05/19/26	Durbin Slams Trump’s $1 Billion Ballroom And Nearly $2 Billion Slush Fund For January 6 Insurrectionists & Trump Allies
05/19/26	Durbin Secures Promise From Secretary Of The Army To Protect Rock Island Arsenal From Drastic Job Cuts
05/19/26	Durbin, Hirono Introduce New Legislation To Expand Access To Lifesaving Lung Cancer Screenings
05/18/26	Durbin, Duckworth Demand FDA Reverse Dangerous Authorization Of Flavored E-Cigarettes
05/18/26	Durbin, Duckworth Join Letter Raising Concerns About Reorganization Of USDA’s Research, Education, And Economics Mission Area
05/16/26	Durbin Statement On Democrats Stopping Republicans’ First Attempt To Include Trump’s Billion Dollar Ballroom In Reconciliation Bill