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Since 2021, I have been proud to secure over $40 million in funding to support local projects across our district. This year, I am honored to put forward another 15 projects for funding consideration – projects that will have a practical and positive impact on communities in Illinois’ fifth.

As Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, I was proud to welcome Vice President Al Gore to speak about the threats posed by climate change.

On Thursday, I recognized 64 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill.

On Thursday, I joined a bipartisan group of Appropriations Committee members in a visit to Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

On Monday, I celebrated Earth Day by taking a bike ride through Arlington Heights. In March, I secured $480,000 to allow the Village of Arlington Heights to build a safe and accessible walk and bike path connecting the Palatine Trail with the Prospect Heights Trail.

This week, as co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, I hosted a press conference with three Gold Star mothers of American veterans killed while fighting in Ukraine.

On Thursday, I sat down with the Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, to discuss the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

On April 2, an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. This attack is devastating and utterly unacceptable.