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October 02, 2024
— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) has released the following statement: “My heart breaks for those who tragically lost their lives to Hurricane Helene. My thoughts are with their families and friends as they try to make sense of it all. I grieve as well for those who have lost their homes and livelihoods to the storm. The routines of our daily lives, whether at our homes, schools, workplaces, or neighborhoods, can be thrown into turmoil in a second. We should never take the pleasures of a … Continue Reading
September 25, 2024— Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) introduced the Voluntary Food Climate Labeling Act, legislation to revolutionize the way consumers learn about the climate impact of the food they purchase. Under the legislation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will work with food producers, manufacturers, and retailers to develop a voluntary food climate label to place on products that will contain EPA-verified information relating to the carbon f… Continue Reading
September 25, 2024— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) has released the following statement regarding the continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government open: “Keeping our government open and functioning is the most basic responsibility of Congress. A government shutdown would have disastrous consequences for Illinois. Troops would be forced to serve without pay, single mothers and children would have lost access to nutrition benefits, travelers would see delays at airports, and food safety i… Continue Reading
July 02, 2024
— A group of Democrats are raising concerns as to whether companies that received federal funding for semiconductors used the money to support stock buybacks — and criticizing their own party over how the awards are given. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo obtained by CNBC, four lawmakers flagged that BAE Systems commenced a round of buybacks in the same period it will be paid a $35 million award from the CHIPS Act. The letter, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and s… Continue Reading
June 26, 2024A total of 25 members of the House of Representatives, led by Representatives Sean Casten, D-Illinois, and Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, wrote to the Treasury Department on Thursday, urging them to share more data to help unclaimed savings bonds to be claimed. There are approximately $30 billion in unclaimed federal bonds. Section 122 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 requires the Treasury to share information with state governments so that they can use that data to locate the bond owners in accordance w… Continue Reading
June 20, 2024A group of 20 US lawmakers criticised American financial regulators for falling behind on addressing climate change risks and potentially thwarting efforts to make climate risk a main focus of global financial rules. “The United States’ lack of progress and innovation in establishing robust measures to address the financial and economic risks from climate change places us behind our international peers and is counterproductive to American interests,” the Democratic and independent lawmakers sai… Continue Reading