Press Releases
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced he is co-sponsoring legislation to restore the open internet order Federal Communications Commission (FCC) protecting net neutrality.
H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, codifies the principles of an open internet, including no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping government reform package that restricts the influence of dark money in campaigns, expands voting rights protections, and strengthens ethics rules.
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), a member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to restore the full deduction on State and Local taxes, commonly known as the SALT deduction. The 2017 tax reform law instituted a severe cap of $10,000 on use of the SALT deduction, effectively raising taxes on thousands of residents of Illinois's Tenth Congressional District.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass an amendment offered by Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) to bring needed transparency to the issue of "default proceed sales," and produce data that will help efforts to keep firearms out of the hands of convicted felons, domestic abusers, and others who are prohibited by law from buying a gun.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin ambient air monitoring of two facilities in Lake County that emit Ethylene Oxide (EtO).
Today, U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) sent a letter to new Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers urging him to re-evaluate the environmental impact of proposed Foxconn construction and his state's decision to waive important environmental review of the development, which could have significant downstream effects on Lake County communities already vulnerable to flooding along the Des Plaines River.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) and U.S. Senators. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led a letter urging the Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR) to conduct a nationwide exposure assessment on ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions.
When complete, the requested study would provide the public with valuable information about their community's level of exposure to EtO and would advance our understanding how widespread a public health issue EtO emissions are.