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U.S. Representatives Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) and Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) released a joint statement regarding Friday's explosion at the AB Specialty Silicones factory in Waukegan. Three men from Kenosha County died in the explosion, and one person remains missing. Wisconsin's First Congressional District includes Kenosha County and Waukegan is in Illinois' Tenth Congressional District.

U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) will host a hiring event at Oakton Community College on Tuesday, May 28 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Doors open 30 minutes early for veterans at 9:30am. RSVP today!

With a growing number of Americans aging into Medicare, Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to simplify complex Medicare enrollment rules. The Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act would eliminate needless gaps in health care coverage and help prevent lifetime late-enrollment penalties. Today, almost 760,000 Americans are paying these penalties, increasing their Medicare Part B premiums by an average of 28 percent.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL); Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman, House Appropriations Committee, Ted Deutch (D-FL), Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism; and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) released the following statement:

Today, U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL) hosted a Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol to allow Members of Congress to hear firsthand testimony from survivors of the Holocaust and to remember the lives cut short by antisemitism and hate.

Schneider speaks at a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in the U.S. Capitol.

Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), Annie Kuster (D-NH), and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation to train more doctors equipped to combat the opioid epidemic.

H.R. 2439, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019, would create 1,000 additional residency positions over five years to hospitals with addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, or pain management programs.

Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced legislation to extend clear and consistent non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people in housing.

H.R. 2402, the Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019 would include "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as protected characteristics under the Fair Housing Act which currently mandates non-discrimination for housing on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability.

Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced the winners of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition in Illinois's Tenth District at a public exhibition at the College of Lake County in Grayslake on the evening of Wednesday, April 24. Forty students from eleven high schools across the district submitted artwork on the theme of "Character."