Bustos Advocates for Reliable Transportation for Rural Veterans in Letter to VA

Year-End Funding Bill Directed VA to Implement $5 Million Pilot Program to Address Transportation Obstacles WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) – a member of the powerful House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – sent a letter to the VA requesting information on how the agency plans to use […]

Army Chief of Staff General McConville describes Center of Excellence as “transformational for how we do logistics in the field” WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, questioned U.S. Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy and U.S. Army Chief of Staff James C. McConville during a Subcommittee on Defense […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) presented the President of Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., a copy of the historic USMCA deal. The legislation was signed into law in January and was the first trade deal in recent history to receive broad-based support across agricultural and labor stakeholders. “Illinois farmers faced a great deal […]

WATCH: Bustos: “Is this a pandemic?” Redfield: “This is clearly a massive global outbreak.” WASHINGTON – Today, in a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) fought for families facing the growing Coronavirus threat as she questioned CDC Director Robert Redfield about how the virus could increase provider shortages, particularly in rural areas. “Communities […]