- 07/31/2014
Due to a last minute change in plans by leadership in the House of Representatives, Congressman Dan Lipinski's town hall meeting scheduled for tonight at Oak Lawn Community High School has been rescheduled. The event has been moved to Wednesday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the same location. Congressional staff will be available starting at 6:30 p.m.
< Read more > - 07/30/2014
As I taught my students in American Government 101, Article One of the Constitution established Congress as the legislative branch and Article Two established the president as chief executive. I have always believed that Congress is the subject of Article One because the founders intended the legislature, the branch closest to the people, to be the first branch within a system of checks and balances.
< Read more > - 07/30/2014
The House of Representatives has passed a major Veterans Affairs Reform Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support.
< Read more > - 07/25/2014
Today, I introduced a resolution in honor of the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising in Poland. On August 1, 1944, the Polish Home Army, armed mostly with homemade weapons, began to stage one of the bravest and most inspiring resistance movements of World War II against impossible odds.
< Read more > - 07/25/2014
Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is announcing that the Homer Township Fire Protection District has been awarded $262,619 through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The grant will be used to purchase 43 protective breathing apparatuses.
< Read more > - 07/24/2014
Today we introduced a bipartisan resolution (H CON RES 109) reaffirming a steadfast commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.
< Read more > - 07/24/2014
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a plan designed to improve the safety of oil trains as they travel through communities across the country. The proposed rules include steps to remove older rail cars, adjustments to speed limits, and additional precautions for transporting substances that are especially volatile.
< Read more > - 07/21/2014
In the coming weeks, Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting in Oak Lawn, Senior Fairs in Chicago and Lockport, and a Veterans Fair in Bridgeview.
< Read more > - 07/16/2014
Congressman Dan Lipinski's (IL-3) International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014 – H.R. 5029 – was passed by the House of Representatives this week 346-41.
< Read more > - 07/15/2014
Today, the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 5021, a bill to move about $10 billion into the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a cutback in road construction and transit funding.
< Read more > - 07/15/2014
Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is announcing that the Oak Lawn Fire Department has been awarded $206,428 through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
< Read more > - 07/14/2014
Today the House of Representatives passed Congressman Dan Lipinski's (IL-3) bill, H.R. 3085, renaming Chicago's Mount Greenwood post office as the Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Office Building. Captain Herbert "Herbie" Johnson died on November 2, 2012, at the age of 54, while battling flames in the attic of a two-story home in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.
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