Press Releases

"I am pleased that in the Hobby Lobby case the Supreme Court has protected religious liberty. The bipartisan Religious Freedom Restoration Act - signed into law by President Bill Clinton twenty years ago - reaffirmed one of the core principles on which our nation was founded by prohibiting the government from burdening the free exercise of religion without a compelling state interest. The court ruled that in this case the HHS mandate violates this law."

Today, Congressman Dan Lipinski welcomed to Washington the Third Congressional District's winner of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition. Recent Oak Lawn Community High School graduate Brian Pfister had his artwork unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, where it will be on display for the next year alongside the winning pieces from the other congressional districts in the country. The winning artwork is a digital photograph entitled "Salute," which was taken by Brian at an Air Force ceremony involving his brother.

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) has helped bring two million dollars to Argonne National Laboratory to develop hybrid fuel cell technology that will both generate electricity and produce liquid fuel. This technology can produce electricity with zero emissions and help America reach energy independence.

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is praising a new collaboration between the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will use the best entrepreneurial minds from Silicon Valley and venture capitalists to teach entrepreneurship to NIH researchers.

On Flag Day, June 14, Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) joined 11th Ward Alderman Jim Balcer, other veterans, and representatives from the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Police Department for the largest flag ceremony in the nation. During the program in the Union Stockyards, 7,000 tattered and worn American flags were properly disposed of.

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and U.S. Senator Mark Kirk came together Sunday afternoon to give veterans with experience in the VA healthcare system an opportunity to share their concerns. For over two hours at VFW Post 2378 in Berwyn, the legislators listened as heroic veterans of all ages, current and former VA employees, and others shared their personal stories of frustration with government bureaucracy and the general level of care they have received from the VA. Since the troubling reports started surfacing about secret waiting lists several weeks ago, both Lipinski and Kirk have led the charge on this issue.