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Serving the people of Illinois. Democratic Whip.

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  1. 4 minutes ago

    As Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus, another migrant child was dying on DHS Secretary Nielsen’s watch. She should resign immediately.

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  2. Dec 25

    Wishing a merry Christmas to my fellow Illinoisans, American families across the country, and service members who are serving abroad.

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  3. Dec 24

    America owes Defense Secretary Jim Mattis a thank you for a lifetime of service. The President’s decision to oust him January 1 only serves to remind us that Mattis-brand of integrity is not welcome in this Administration.

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  4. Dec 23

    Real border security is more screening technology and personnel at our border, not some medieval wall.

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  5. Dec 23

    The President likes to say this shutdown is about border security, but it’s really about his own political insecurity.

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    Dec 23

    COMING UP: , and join on Meet the Press in exclusive interviews.

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  7. Dec 22

    More than 400,000 federal employees will have to report to work without pay while President Trump continues his senseless government shutdown. Trying to gouge $5 billion for his medieval wall is taking priority over the paychecks of hardworking Americans.

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    Dec 22

    The youth pay their respects along the funeral route this morning as we make our way to St Rita Cascia Chapel for the funeral services of Fallen Officer Eduardo Marmolejo.

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  9. Dec 22

    At midnight, President Trump decided to shut down the government over his demand for a medieval border wall. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees - more than 8,000 in Illinois - will go without a paycheck over the holidays. This is senseless and cruel.

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    Dec 21

    Very touching outpouring of community support as the procession for Police Officer Conrad Gary makes its way to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel for the funeral mass.

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  11. Dec 21

    If President Trump chooses to shut the government down – hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed and without pay during the holidays. People who protect our border would be forced to work without pay.

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  12. Dec 21

    Instead President Trump is threatening to shut down the government if he doesn’t get nearly $6 billion for a wasteful & ineffective border wall. We need modern technology to stop drug cartels from importing the poison that is killing our kids, not a medieval solution like a wall.

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  13. Dec 21

    And the Administration didn’t ask for any funding for additional Customs Officers, even though we clearly need more personnel to detect drugs at ports of entry and in international mail.

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  14. Dec 21

    According to DHS, these drive-through inspection systems examine 98% of rail cars but only 18% of cargo, passenger vehicles, and sea containers combined. Yet the President’s Budget for FY19 includes just $44 million for these systems.

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  15. Dec 21

    CBP Commissioner McAleenan told me directly in October 2017 that his top priority to secure the border was more drive-through inspection systems, known as Z-portals. He didn’t mention a border wall.

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  16. Dec 21

    For example, the DEA has found that the cartels transport the bulk of their illicit goods over the Southwest border through legal ports of entry using passenger vehicles or tractor trailers.

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  17. Dec 21

    Democrats have made it clear to the President that there are much more effective ways to secure our border than a wall – like more screening technology and personnel to stop drugs from flowing through our borders. Democrats support smart border security that works.

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  18. Dec 20

    Those of us who urged Defense Secretary Mattis to weather the White House storm knew that every honorable man has a principled limit. Secretary Mattis will be hard to replace.

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  19. Dec 20

    America has lost more than an exceptional Secretary of Defense. We have lost the adult in the room when the President goes off on a tweet-filled, uninformed rant about our national security.

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  20. Dec 20

    Strong bipartisan vote in the House for the . It now heads to the President for signature. Finally – we will begin making much-needed reforms to our criminal justice system, and thousands who were unfairly sentenced will get a second chance.

    A sweeping bill intended to reduce the number of people in the nation's prisons was on its way to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature Thursday after the House voted 358-36 to approve it.
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