• Manzullo Condemns North Korean Attack on South Korea, Urges Calm
    Nov 23, 2010  - Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL), lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Global Environment, strongly condemned North Korea’s unprovoked attack on South Korea this morning that resulted in the death of two South Korean marines and scores of civilians injur... More
  • House Approves Manzullo Bill Condemning Sham Elections, Continued Military Rule in Burma
    Nov 18, 2010  - The U.S. House today approved a resolution authored by Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) condemning the fraudulent Nov. 7 election in Burma that reinforced the rule of the military junta in the Southeast Asia nation. Manzullo, Republican leader of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific... More
  • Manzullo Congratulates America's Troops, Heralds End of Combat Operations in Iraq
    Aug 31, 2010  - Congressman Don Manzullo, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tonight issued the following statement as President Obama signaled the end of combat operations in Iraq:   STATEMENT   “Tonight, I congratulate the brave men and women serving in our Armed Forces in Iraq... More
  • Manzullo: Pentagon Continues to Send American Jobs Overseas, Weaken U.S. Defense Industrial Base
    Aug 18, 2010  - Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today said the Pentagon has again flouted the Buy American Act by planning to use American taxpayer dollars to purchase 21 Russian-made helicopters for use in Afghanistan when a less expensive American-made alternative is available, sending American jobs overseas and ... More
  • Senate Appropriators Approve Plan to Buy and Use Thomson as Federal Prison Without Terrorists
    Jul 23, 2010  - The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to give the federal Bureau of Prisons $170 million to purchase the vacant, state-owned Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois and run it as a stand alone federal prison. Section 532 of the bill (S. 3636) also specifically prohibits... More
  • U.S. House Subcommittee Approves $170 Million to Buy and Use Thomson as Stand Alone Federal Prison
    Jun 30, 2010  - A U.S. House appropriations subcommittee voted late Tuesday to give the federal Bureau of Prisons $170 million to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois and run it as a stand alone federal prison.   The bill, approved by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commer... More
  • Manzullo: Top Federal Prison Official Plans to Fully Utilize Thomson as a Federal Prison Without GITMO Terrorists
    Jun 21, 2010  - The head of the federal prison system told U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) that he would fill the vacant, state-owned Thomson Correctional Center with up to 2,600 federal inmates and would not reserve any beds for the GITMO terrorists if Congress approves funding to purchase Thomson and run it as a fe... More
  • FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD editorial: Move Forward on Thomson
    Jun 2, 2010  - Freeport Journal Standard OUR VIEW: Move forward on Thomson Two developments late last week make it less likely, if not out of the question, that Thomson prison will be the new home of detainees currently housed at the military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On Thursday, the Senate Armed Servi... More
  • U.S. House Votes Overwhelmingly to Prohibit Transfer of GITMO Terrorists to the United States
    May 28, 2010  - The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly today to prohibit the transfer of the GITMO terrorists into the United States, scuttling the Administration’s plan to close GITMO and move the terrorists to the state-owned Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois. An amendment to the Department of Defen... More
  • Manzullo Urges President to Fully Utilize Thomson as Federal Prison Without Terrorists
    May 24, 2010  - With Congress continuing to oppose moving GITMO terrorists inside the United States, Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today called on the President to purchase and fully utilize the vacant Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois as a maximum security federal prison without the terrorists. ... More