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September 17, 2026
— U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced the Integrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act, legislation that will make electricity more affordable, reliable, resilient, and clean by helping to make best use of key local transmission facilities in the expansion of regional and interregional transmission capacity. Well-planned transmission broadens the pool of electricity generation resources available to customers, increasing access to less expensive electricity… Continue Reading
September 16, 2026— U.S. Representative Sean Casten (IL-06) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Environmental Health Restoration Act, legislation to restore and strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency’s core mission to protect public health, the environment, and the climate. The lawmakers introduced the bill just days after the Trump Administration’s EPA finalized the repeal of major greenhouse gas standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants and moved to eliminate remaining federal cli… Continue Reading
September 10, 2026Elmhurst, Illinois — U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) and Elmhurst University celebrated an award of $950,000 in federal funding for the purchase and installation of instructional, simulation, and research equipment to enhance student learning and support faculty research activities within the Health Sciences Building at Elmhurst University. “Ensuring schools and universities across the 6th District have the resources they need to provide a world-class education is one of my top priorities … 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