Durbin, Kirk, Bustos, Davis: Bipartisan Bill to Improve Illinois Locks & Dams Included In Water Resources Reform And Development Act
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) announced that key provisions of their bipartisan and bicameral legislation to help speed up repairs and upgrades to the aging locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were included in the […]
Peoria Journal Star: In the Spotlight: Working to protect middle class Illinois families
For too long, Democrats and Republicans in Washington have put scoring political points above working together to find solutions that benefit the people they’ve sworn to represent. We were elected not to point fingers but to lead, to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. The people of our region have made […]
Country should come before party
Far too often, people these days focus on our differences instead of what brings us together. And more than ever, America has felt like a nation divided, not states united. But some of us are working hard to change that because we know we can do better than this. Although one of us is a […]
Video: Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Gives Floor Speech On Farm Bill & Importance Of Working Together
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) gave a floor speech last night about the importance of bipartisanship and how the recent passage of a five-year Farm Bill out of the House Agriculture Committee was an example of what Congress can achieve by working together. Bustos was one of more than a dozen House members […]