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La Grange Fire Department receives Homeland Security grant
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) has announced a grant in the amount of $122,972 to the La Grange Fire Department.
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Lipinski unveils $3.2 million grant to improve safety at Midway
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), a senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Midway Airport a $3.2 million grant to improve airport safety.
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Lipinski's Future Transportation Research and Innovation for Prosperity Act advances
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski's (D-IL) Future Transportation Research and Innovation for Prosperity (TRIP) Act was approved on Thursday by the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The bill supports innovative technologies that have the potential to alter mobility in America and beyond,
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STEM learning partnership with CPS gets $600,000 federal grant
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) said on Friday that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Learning Partnership from Western Springs a grant totaling nearly $600,000 for an ongoing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education program with Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
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Illinois members of Congress want freight items added to transportation bill
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and Robert Dold (R-Dist. 10) and other Illinois members of Congress asked the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week to include provisions for improving the movement of freight in a comprehensive surface transportation bill on the drawing board.
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Lipinski part of effort to boost, extend public-transit-user tax break
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and Peter King (R-NY) have called on Congress to increase and permanently extend a tax benefit for commuters who use public transit to get to and from work. This benefit helps more people use public transportation, eases congestion on the roads, supports the economy and increases quality of life, the duo said.
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FAA boosts grant to install noise insulation in homes around Midway Airport
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) recently said the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has added a $2.8 million grant to a previously announced $10 million grant for sound insulation in homes around Midway Airport.
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Illinois lawmakers in D.C. spotlight report on Chicago air traffic control woes
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) joined U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Reps. Tammy Duckworth (D-Dist. 8), Bill Foster (D-Dist. 11), Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Dist. 9)on Wednesday in revealing that a Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General's (IG) probe found that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s contingency plans and security protocols were insufficient at Chicago air traffic control facilities at the time of a 2014 fire at an Aurora facilit
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Lipinski wants greater protections for U.S. airlines
Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Steve Israel (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (D-NY) recently requested a meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss protecting U.S.airlines and their workers from unfair competition coming from government-subsidized Persian Gulf carriers.
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Lipinski co-sponsors University Transportation Centers funding-renewal bill
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) have teamed up to introduce legislation to authorize appropriations for the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
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Lipinski STEM proposal becomes law
National Science Foundation charged with awarding STEM education grants with signing of new law.
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Lipinski, Quigley urge fellow lawmakers to extend positive train control deadline
U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) joined leaders of the passenger- and freight-rail industry recently in urging Congress to take immediate action to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing positive train control (PTC) safety technology and prevent a shutdown of the nation’s passenger- and freight-rail systems.
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Lipinski's efforts to protect Worth preserve from Army Corps dumping pay off
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) said on Monday that the final step has been implemented to protect the 78-acre Lucas-Berg Preserve in Worth from being used as a dumping site by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for materials dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel.
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Lipinski: Renewal of Ex-Im Bank would benefit Third District, nation
After the U.S. House recently voted to approve reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) released a statement to praise his colleagues for cooperating in a bipartisan manner to pass the measure.The bill has been sent to the Senate for further consideration.
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Lipinski, staff hosting several events for Third District residents
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) and his staff will be busy during the next few weeks, hosting a Veterans Fair, a town hall meeting and two Senior Fairs in the Third Congressional District.