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November 12, 2025
— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement regarding his vote on the continuing resolution: “For weeks, the American people have paid the price for another unnecessary government shutdown. I have been ready from day one to vote for a government funding package that improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of the American people. But the proposal brought forward today does none of that. It fails to prevent millions of people from losing access to health … Continue Reading
November 10, 2025— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06), Vice Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), led SEEC leadership members, including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin demanding EPA reverse course and maintain the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. “We write to inform you that the Environme… Continue Reading
November 06, 2025— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) led 27 House Democrats in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent opposing President Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder and former CEO of Binance, who was convicted of violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws. “It is apparent that Binance and its CEO fostered a culture of enabling cryptocurrency crime to increase company profits,” the lawmakers wrote. “...Recent reports raise concerns about potential con… 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