Press Releases

Today, Congressman Schneider highlighted some of the recently announced federal funding for Tenth District communities as part of funding packages passed by Congress to address the coronavirus epidemic.

U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with colleagues in both the House and the Senate, wrote to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) urging the Administration to resume premium processing for physicians seeking employment-based visas. Doctors on these visas increase access to health care, especially rural areas, through the Conrad 30 program, which allows foreign medical school graduates who have been trained in the United States to stay in the country as long as they serve underserved areas.

Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) released the following statement following statement:

"I call on Defense Secretary Esper to immediately relieve Acting Navy Secretary Modly of his current position, and to remove him from any role of responsibility for Navy personnel following his wholly improper treatment of Captain Crozier and his equally inappropriate remarks to Captain Crozier's crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

On Friday, April 3, 2020, House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Ways and Means Members Reps. Bradley S. Schneider (IL-10) and Brian Higgins (NY-26) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the IRS to provide automatic COVID-19 Relief Payments to vulnerable elderly and disabled individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) urged the U.S. Treasury to help struggling local governments by promptly finalizing guidance and beginning to disburse funds authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to states as soon as possible. The CARES Act does not allow for localities with populations under 500,000 to receive stabilization funds directly and instead states will need to issue sub-grants to meet the needs of smaller communities.

Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) announced two upcoming webinar events specifically for small businesses and non-profit organizations during the COVID-19 crisis.

Schneider will be joined by a representative of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to share information on the additional resources created by the CARES Act, including the Paycheck Protection Program loans, Small Business Debt Relief Program, Employee Retention Tax Credit, Employer Payroll Tax Deferral and Business Counseling.

This week, Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) spoke via phone with Vyaire Medical CEO, Guarav Agarwal, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Kevin Klemz, about their company's ongoing work to ramp up ventilator production in response to COVID-19.