“He is known for his work on transportation and science issues, advocating for anti-abortion legislation and his membership in the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group seeking common ground in the highly polarized House.”

Good governance requires making trade-offs, but political decision-making today avoids these tough choices especially when it comes to spending Americans’ tax dollars. We cannot afford to have Washington continue this business as usual. chicagotribune.com/opinion/commen…

Override of #NDAA veto means my Sustainable Chemistry R&D Act, HR 2051 becomes law. I also helped include restoration of DoD Minerva to help understand global threats like terrorism & support for Hacking for Defense to prepare college students to address national security challenges

#IL03 #smallbusiness owners and nonprofits, today SBA announced the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program has been extended to December 31, 2021 as result of the recent COVID19 relief package enacted into law. Learn more about #EIDL and apply at sba.gov/funding-progra…

I’m proud to have represented @Argonne including leading calls to fund their supercomputers. Take a look at the important work #IL03 researchers have done the past year.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Just received my 1st COVID19 vaccine dose. I’ve been careful the past 9 months since as a diabetic I’m at high risk. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we all need to do our part to avoid getting/spreading COVID. Please get the vaccine when it’s available & keep masking

We are proud that emergency bipartisan pandemic relief, following our work with our Senate partners, will get to the Presidents desk today.

This is what democracy should look like. Because the Problem Solvers came together to keep pushing forward, help is finally on its way.

From onset of the investigation into the Boeing 737 Max crashes, I repeatedly said something went terribly wrong in the certification of the plane & Congress must do all we can to fix it. Pleased we passed legislation yesterday to improve air travel safety bit.ly/3h7FjiI

The #WRDA bill passed by Congress yesterday authorizes many water infrastructure projects critical for our nation. Several local victories, including protecting the #GreatLakes from invasive AsianCarp at Brandon Road & environmental cleanup of #BubblyCreek bit.ly/3avXTjh

Pleased a bipartisan pipeline safety reauth bill will become law. This was 1 of my top priorities this Congress & glad members heeded my advice & came to a compromise to improve the safety of our pipeline system and address the problem of methane emissions bit.ly/2WzcRNt

The Energy Act of 2020 passed tonight will lay a foundation for new clean energy technologies, fighting #climatechange while creating American jobs. I’m proud of a provision I authored to advance #geothermal , which has huge potential in IL. bit.ly/37CoOZ1