Newsletter: Last Chance for 2018 Health Care Open Enrollment!

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As we approach the end of the year, Congress has an extraordinarily long to-do list, including funding the government, setting spending levels for next year, reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, and finally passing the DREAM Act. The House and Senate have also gone to conference on a partisan tax bill that would have far-reaching and particularly negative consequences for Illinois.

I want to hear from you. Please reach out and make your voice heard on any of these pending items by calling our office at (202) 225-4835 or sending an email.

This issue of our weekly update contains information on my efforts to defend our local gun safety laws from the dangerous concealed carry reciprocity legislation that passed the House on Thursday, as well as an invitation to our next Congress On Your Corner in Glenview.

Finally, with the holidays coming, we are collecting cards to distribute to servicemembers who will spend this season far from home and family. Thanks for reading!

DEFENDING LOCAL GUN SAFETY LAWS

It was incredibly disheartening to see the House vote to dangerously expand Concealed Carry Reciprocity last week. Put simply, this bill undermines Illinois gun safety standards, allowing someone from a state with the loosest permitting to carry a concealed firearm across the country, regardless of our local laws.

The gun violence wracking our country daily deserves a commonsense response, not an undermining of the basic regulations we currently have in place. Last week, I offered an amendment which would allow Illinois to continue to enforce our own commonsense standards, such as preventing someone with two or more DUIs in five years from receiving a concealed carry permit. You can watch my testimony here.

This bill is a setback, but we can't, and won't give up the fight to improve the safety of our communities.

UPCOMING CONGRESS ON YOUR CORNER IN GLENVIEW

Discussing how the tax hike bill will affect Illinois during our Congress on Your Corner in Grayslake on Saturday.

We had a great turnout and lots of excellent questions during this Saturday's Congress on Your Corner in Grayslake.

We're keeping up the outreach this week. I'll be in Glenview for our last Congress On Your Corner of 2017. Please come join us!

Congress On Your Corner in Glenview
Saturday, December 16, 2017 | 10:00am -11:00am
Glenview Village Hall (in the Council Chambers)
2500 E Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60026

HOLIDAY CARDS FOR HEROES

Thank a servicemember who will spend the holidays far from home and family. Our office in Lincolnshire (111 Barclay Blvd, Suite 200) is collecting holiday cards to distribute to active-duty military serving overseas.

You can write a personal note, handwritten or typed, to a soldier, sailor, marine, airman or coast guard and drop them off before Friday, December 15. Our office hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm. Please don't seal envelopes. Call us at (847) 383-4870 with any questions!

NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE HOURS

My team and I continue to meet with constituents throughout the district with our Neighborhood Office Hours initiative. If you need help with a federal agency – from Social Security to Medicare to immigration or the VA – please come out and meet with us when we're in your community. This week, our staff will be in Des Plaines, Grayslake, Zion, Waukegan, and North Chicago. Check the full schedule online.

WEEKLY WRAP-UP

Glad to join the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago to talk about strengthening US-Korea relationship.

Questioning FBI Director Christopher Wray at the House Judiciary Committee about FBI coordination with other agencies to secure our elections ahead of 2018. Defending our elections from interference is fundamental to our democracy.

Talking with attendees following our Congress On Your Corner in Grayslake.