Press Releases
Ahead of Valentine's Day, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) again collected and distributed hand-made cards to area veterans.
Local schoolchildren, libraries, and Tenth District constituents created and dropped off more than 2,000 cards to Schneider's Lincolnshire office.
Schneider delivered the cards on Saturday, February 9 at a pancake breakfast hosted by the Lake County Honor Flight in Antioch and at an annual Valentine's Day bingo game at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago with help from a local 4-H chapter.
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Bill Foster (D-IL-11), Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03), and Sean Casten (D-IL-06), today introduced a pair of bicameral bills that would hold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accountable for its poor oversight of ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions, which have been the source of harmful emissions in Illinois.
Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced an upcoming "New Congress Listening Tour" in locations across the Tenth District during the week of February 18 to hear from constituents about their top priorities for the new legislative session.
Schneider will host a series of roundtable listening sessions that are open to the public in Fox Lake, Des Plaines, Deerfield, and Waukegan. The sessions will focus on the environment, health care, gun violence, and immigration.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Don Beyer (D-VA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Paul Cook (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help families grieving the loss of a child take time off work.
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement:
"President Trump should use tonight's speech to lay out ideas that can bring people together to make real progress for our nation rather than stoking partisan divisions.
"Bipartisanship is the only way to create lasting change in our divided government. I hope the President will choose to focus on areas where we can find common ground, including rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, stabilizing our health care markets, and addressing the opioid crisis.
Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) will host a "Congress on Your Corner" event to answer questions from constituents and brief attendees on his work in Washington on Saturday, February 9 at 11:30am. The event will be held at Lake Villa District Library and is open to the public.
This will be Schneider's 2nd Congress on Your Corner town hall of the new year and new Congress.
WHO:
Rep. Brad Schneider and constituents of Illinois's Tenth District
WHAT:
"Congress on Your Corner" to meet constituents and answer questions
Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced that Ivan Hernandez, 26, of Waukegan, will be his guest at President Trump's State of the Union address, scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, 2019.
Today, U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bicameral legislation aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing the theft of firearms from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs), or federally-licensed dealers, manufacturers, and importers.
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the below statement following his selection to serve on House Committee on Small Business in the 116th Congress. Schneider is also a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means.