U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) helped get legislation that would provide Polish citizens with visa-free travel to the U.S. added to the fiscal year 2016 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. The legislation would allow DHS to add Poland to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with U.S. Reps. Robert Dold (R-Dist. 10), Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) and Daniel Lipinski (D-Dist. 3), recently introduced Great Lakes Water Protection Act (GLWPA) legislation on Wednesday. GLWPA sets a 2035 deadline to end sewage dumping in the Great Lakes in an effort to ensure the availability of clean water for the next generation and to lessen the economic impact beach closures have on local communities every year.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) is combating gangs in Illinois and nationwide.
U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with the entire Illinois Congressional Delegation, sent a letter to President Obama last week, asking him to issue a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Declaration for DeKalb and Ogle counties.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) recently testified in front of the Senate Veterans’ Affair Committee on behalf of his bill S. 297, the Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015, which will allow veterans to care for one another at local VA hospitals.
Entire Illinois Congressional Delegation asks Obama to help DeKalb and Ogle counties.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) recently sent a letter to President Barack Obama, expressing concern with a proposed nuclear waste repository in Canada.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) applauded passage of the fiscal year 2016 Senate Appropriations Committee’s Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act on Friday.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has played a part in Congress passing S.B. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, that includes two measures he sponsored -- the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act and the HERO Act -- to combat online sex trafficking and the sale of minors for sex.
Legislation calls for $69.2 billion budget for veteran services
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Boeing Co. on Saturday in St. Louis and explained how the Export-Import Bank and trade keep Boeing, its suppliers and local exporters on a level playing field with global competitors such as China. “I have broken with many members of my party on this because Illinois is an export state, and American jobs should stay in America,” Kirk said. “We have no excuse to lose the Boeing 737 to China’s C919.”
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) attended the grand opening of the Welcome Center at the Bahá’í House of Worship on Monday in Wilmette. “The Iranian regime continues to arrest its own citizens simply for being Bahá’í,” Kirk said. “As we approach seven years since the seven top Bahá’í leaders in Iran were imprisoned because of their faith, I join Bahá’í worshipers in Illinois in standing against persecution around the world.”
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) recently announced a congressional resolution honoring Roosevelt University's 70th anniversary.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) met Monday with National Center for Supercomputer Applications Director Ed Seidel and other industry officials to discuss the Blue Waters supercomputer.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Washington Mayor Gary Manier visited Kirk and Manier Marfell Tuesday, viewing progress the couple has made rebuilding their home that was destroyed by a tornado in November 2013.