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August 28, 2026

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congressman Wesley Bell (MO-1), joined by 70+ Democratic colleagues, urged Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao to reject any effort to rename the future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) after reports that the Navy is considering naming the carrier after President Trump.

August 27, 2026

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider, a member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, together with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT), introduced the Banning Antiquated Duties and Delivering Equitable American Levies (BAD DEAL) Act to repeal Section 338 and refund all duties paid under this authority.

August 26, 2026
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) hosted a cost-of-living roundtable in Highwood to hear directly from community leaders, small business owners, and service providers about how the increased cost of living has impacted them and their communities. Rep. Schneider released a report highlighting increased costs Illinois families are seeing for everything from utilities to groceries and health care.
August 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with 12 of their Illinois colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the Trump Administration to end its use of so-called “mega master” immigration hearings, mass proceedings in which as many as 185 noncitizens can be called to court on a single docket.

August 14, 2026

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) led a bipartisan group of members calling for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to remove onerous guidelines that deter applicants from accepting Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding, leaving synagogues, churches, mosques less safe.

August 14, 2026

The Chicago Executive Airport and the Decatur Airport will receive a combined total of $7.95 million in federal funding for runway improvements, sound mitigation

August 11, 2026

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) led a bipartisan group of colleagues urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. International Development Corporation CEO Ben Black to prioritize the Great Sea Interconnector to strengthen coordination and partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean. 
 

August 2, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Jewish Caucus issued the below statement in response to an apparent arson attack on a kosher restaurant in Montreal.
July 29, 2026
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) joined Reps. August Pfluger (TX-11), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Kim Schrier (WA-08), John Joyce (PA-13), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), and Terri Sewell (AL-07) to announce the introduction of the Reimbursing Emergency Services for Critical Urgent Encounters (RESCUE) Act to amend the outdated Medicare payment structure that is straining ambulance services across Illinois and nationwide. 
July 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Co-Conveners of House Democrats' Cost of Living Healthcare Working Group, led 52 of their House Democratic colleagues in urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to rescind a final rule that allows health insurance companies to offer loans to Affordable Care Act enrollees to cover their deductibles and other medical costs. This rule will place health insurers in a new role as loan officers, potentially allowing these companies to subject patients to predatory interest rates or condition care on patients’ ability to pay back their loans.