Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Hellenic Israel Alliance (CHIA), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Department of State to publicly oppose any effort by Turkey to codify the controversial "Blue Homeland" (Mavi Vatan) doctrine into Turkish law. The lawmakers warned that formalizing Turkey's expansive and heavily disputed maritime claims would threaten stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, undermine NATO cohesion, jeopard
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to encourage institutions of higher education to expand study abroad opportunities to nontraditional locations for American students.
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) reintroduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act which would provide up to five years of credits credit for caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month providing care to a dependent relative. By allowing caregivers to earn Social Security Credits while they are out of the workforce, this legislation recognizes the essential value of caregiving and helps protect Americans’ long-term financial security.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Jewish Caucus (CJC) issued the following statement, signed by its 21 members, following the passing of Congressman Eliot Engel:
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), along with Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Don Beyer (VA-08) and Sean Casten (IL-06), introduced the Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger-Barklage Act, a bill to ensure that parents who have lost a child are entitled to 12 weeks of bereavement leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-founder and co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump's address to the nation on the war in Iran:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), both members of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Ethylene Oxide Task Force, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s proposal to roll back a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that protected Americans from harmful exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO), a known carcinogen:
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to preliminary reports that the U.S. was responsible for a February 28 strike on a girl’s school in Iran:
WASHINGTON – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement after the House voted on Department of Homeland Security appropriations:
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-founder and co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement on Iran: