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April 09, 2025
— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement regarding the Republican budget resolution: “The Republican budget resolution serves only to cut Medicaid and veterans' health care. No one can vote for this legislation in good conscience and claim otherwise, which is why I will vote NO.” ###… Continue Reading
April 09, 2025— U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) filed a discharge petition to start the process to force a vote on the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, House Democrats’ landmark legislation to ensure US private citizens’ data is not subject to reckless and unlawful interference from people like Elon Musk. “Elon Musk has no business accessing American taxpayers’ private data,” said Rep. Sean Casten. “Congress has the tools to serve as a check on this unlawful abuse of power. B… Continue Reading
April 03, 2025— U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (D-IL-06) and Pete Stauber (R-MN-08) introduced two bipartisan bills to improve access to health care for pilots and air traffic controllers. “Pilots and air traffic controllers should not be unfairly penalized for seeking health care by a system that perpetuates a culture of silence,” said Rep. Sean Casten. “I’m proud to introduce these bipartisan bills to help bolster the availability of mental health care for aviators, require the FAA to eliminate significant b… Continue Reading
October 23, 2024
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.6 billion in new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade water infrastructure and keep communities safe. Combined with $2.6 billion announced earlier this month, this $6.2 billion in investments for Fiscal Year 2025 will help communities across the country upgrade water infrastructure that is essential to safely managing wastewater, protecting local freshwater resources, and delive… 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