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WASHINGTON— Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill included language from Schneider’s efforts to combat Iranian aggression and expanded the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the Department of Defense (DOD) to reduce America’s carbon footprint.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk. This landmark legislation takes several key steps to defend marriage equality: officially repealing the bigoted and unconstitutional “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA), upholding couples’ right to equal protection under federal law and requiring states to recognize valid out-of-state marriages.
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jason Crow (D-CO) reintroduced legislation to better protect America's small businesses, and their operational and customer information, from cyberattack.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced his partnership with former Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) to relaunch the popular Abuelitas (grandmothers) program. Then-Representative Kirk launched the program around 2005 tohelp families navigate the complex visa process so their elderly relatives living in Mexico whom they hadn’t seen in many years could obtain short-term tourism visas to reunite with family in the Tenth District of Illinois.
Today, Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL). Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and launched the bipartisan Congressional Family Business Caucus. This is the first congressional caucus focused solely on the critical issues facing generational owned family businesses of all sizes and industries across the United States.
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Today, U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (IL-10) launched the "Holiday Cards for Heroes" program for the 2022 holiday season. He also announced the opening of his annual competition to design his office's holiday card.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Schneider celebrated the first anniversary of the landmark bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which in 2022 has delivered over $60M in federal funds for highway and bridge projects that create well-paying jobs and transform infrastructure in the Illinois 10th district.
WASHINGTON – Tonight, the House unanimously passed legislation to rename the Grayslake Post Office the "Army Specialist Joseph ‘Joey' W. Dimock II Post Office Building" in honor of Joey Dimock, an Army Specialist who died in 2010. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) reintroduced the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act in honor of Veterans Day. The legislation would create a convenient “check-off box” on annual tax returns for taxpayers to voluntarily choose to donate any portion of their tax refund to support programs to prevent and end veteran homelessness.
WASHINGTON—The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it would begin implementation of legislation introduced by Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) to help make enrollment in Medicare easier, more flexible, and less costly for seniors.