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Durbin and Duckworth

Senators Duckworth, Durbin Statement on Investigation into Rauner Administration’s Response to Legionnaires’ Outbreaks at IVH Quincy

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018 By: Senator Duckworth Communications U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that her office has opened a criminal probe into the Rauner Administration’s response to the multiple Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at Illinois Veterans’[Read More…]

Erica Jeffries

Sen. Duckworth: Resignation of IL Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs Director Highlights Rauner’s “Comprehensive Failure”

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement regarding Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) Director Erica Jeffries’ decision to resign from her position in the midst of the ongoing deadly Legionnaires’ crisis at the Quincy Veterans Home: “When gross mismanagement leads to[Read More…]

Veterans for marijuana

Federal Legislation Introduced To Facilitate Medical Marijuana Trials For Military Veterans

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2018 By: Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director United States Rep. Timothy Waltz (D-MN), along with 39 bipartisan co-sponsors, has introduced legislation, HR 5520 The VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018, to facilitate federally-sponsored clinical research on the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis among veterans. The[Read More…]

Religious Liberty

New Report: Trump Administration’s Religious Liberty Guidance Would Allow Discrimination in Dozens of Federal Programs

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By: Sharita Gruberg, Frank J. Bewkes, Elizabeth Platt, Katherine Franke, and Claire Markham Obama-era rules prohibiting discrimination in dozens of federal programs could be undermined by the Trump administration’s controversial guidance on religious liberty, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and[Read More…]

Durbin and Duckworth

Senators Durbin, Duckworth Statement On New Legionnaires’ Disease Cases Confirmed At Illinois Veterans’ Home Quincy

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after two new cases of Legionnaires’ disease were confirmed at the Illinois Veterans’ Home (IVH) Quincy: “Last month, the Governor stated that his goal was ‘zero instances of Legionella infection’ at[Read More…]

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