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WASHINGTON – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced that six additional Community Project Funding (CPF) submissions from Illinois's 10th District were included in two House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funding bills—the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations legislation and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations legislation.
I missed last week's newsletter because I was out of the country on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to Israel and Qatar (more on that below). I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend. Before I left on my trip, I was able to join Independence Day celebrations across the district. It was wonderful to be able to see people's smiles and to mark our country's birthday and all that it means in-person.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10) and members of the bipartisan Congressional Ethylene Oxide Task Force led a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish consistent standards for protecting communities from the harmful effects of ethylene oxide (EtO).
Members of the EtO Task Force asked for a meeting with EPA Administrator Michael Regan to discuss the task force's priorities and the EPA's ongoing work to protect communities from EtO.
Schneider helped secure rescue payments as part of the American Rescue Plan
DEERFIELD – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced that Illinois residents have received $389,928,924 in rescue payments in 2021, which Schneider helped secure as part of the American Rescue Plan.
WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement as he and other Members of Congress departed for a bipartisan Congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Middle East.
The Members of Congress joining Chairman Meeks on the delegation are Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Andy Barr (R-KY), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Brad Schneider (D-IL), and French Hill (R-AR).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) helped pass the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act. The INVEST in America Act funds significant surface transportation needs across the country. Of specific significance for the Tenth District of Illinois, Rep. Schneider secured support for all five community project funding requests submitted earlier this year.
I am back in Washington after a much too short weekend home. I hope you had a good weekend, and were able to get out a bit. As COVID-19 cases continue to fall thanks to the vaccines, it is so wonderful to be able to once again be together with neighbors and friends to celebrate life.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced that all four of his Homeland Security-related Member Designated Projects (MDP) submissions were included in the House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security Funding Bill. The bill will fund significant projects to keep Americans safe and include all four Homeland Security Community Project Funding requests submitted by Congressman Schneider.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Carolyn B Maloney (NY-12), and Val B. Demings (FL-10) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) reintroduced the 3D Printed Gun Safety Act, legislation to prohibit the online distribution of blueprints and instructions that allow for the three dimensional (3D) printing of firearms.