Press Releases
Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) today announced their meeting with a United Nations Special Coordinator in an effort to improve United Nations (UN) response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in peacekeeping operations.
A bipartisan amendment to help research-focused small businesses introduced by U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) was approved by the House Small Business Committee yesterday.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10) and 170 Democratic colleagues introduced a resolution condemning President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and urging the Administration to reverse course and maintain U.S. participation.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Dan Donovan (R-NY), both members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced new bipartisan legislation to bolster Israel's efforts to detect, map, and eliminate tunnels used by terrorist organizations to support and launch terrorist attacks against Israel.
H.R. 2914, The United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Defense Cooperation Act would authorize $47.5 million for the Department of Defense to carry out research, development, testing, and evaluation of anti-tunnel capabilities on a joint basis with Israel.
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) announced that they will be sitting together at this evening's Congressional Baseball Game. Following the tragic events of yesterday, Congressman Schneider and Congresswoman Tenney will eschew the traditional partisan seating arrangements and join together in a show of unity.
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY) announced the introduction of new bipartisan legislation to strengthen the processes that ensures Israel's qualitative military edge (QME) over regional adversaries.
Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement:
"Director Comey's testimony laid out a disturbing portrait of President Trump's repeated efforts to interfere in the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in our election and possible connections with his campaign.
"The President's behavior is beneath the office he occupies and shows deep disrespect for the independence of the FBI and our system of government.
U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) hosted a hiring event on Thursday featuring 64 local employers with a total of more than 400 current job openings, including CVS Health, UPS, Verizon Wireless, Walgreens and more. A full list of participating businesses is available online.
More than 500 area residents attended the event at Oakton Community College's Des Plaines campus to learn about employment opportunities and to interview.