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Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) started police appreciation week a few days early with two events in the Quad-Cities.
On Friday, Sorensen met with city officials and leaders of local law enforcement to learn how he could bring federal assistance to local challenges.
Rep. Sorensen first visited QCOMM911, an emergency dispatch center located in Milan that provides 911 and radio services for four police departments and nine fire departments in Rock Island County.
Following his advocacy in Congress to expand the use of E15 fuel, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), a member of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus, applauded a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow for the sale of E15 fuel for this summer. E15 is gasoline blended with 10.5 percent to 15 percent ethanol, meaning increased profits for farmers.
Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Illinois) is back from a bipartisan trip to the border.
The delegation of Democrats and Republican lawmakers went to Nogales, Arizona, last week for a fact-finding mission.
“This can’t be a partisan or political issue, right?” he said. “We have to make sure that we solve the issue regardless of the year it is, regardless of what the politics are. It is also important that we keep our politics out of this, and we focus on what is in front of us and what are the facts.”
Illinois Congressman Eric Sorenson (D) made a trip down to the Mexican border with five other representatives as part of a bipartisan fact-finding mission.
The trip was said to address four points: Mexico, as the U.S.’ largest trade partner; the establishment of legal migration into the country; taking care of individuals seeking asylum; and addressing drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Sorenson said the volume and danger of fentanyl being distributed in the United States has made drugs crossing the border a critical issue.
In a rare bipartisan visit to the southern border, Arizona Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R) and Greg Stanton (D) were joined by Reps. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Young Kim (R-CA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), and Nick LaLota (R-NY) to tour the border and surrounding communities in Arizona and Nogales, Mexico, through the Bipartisan Policy Center’s American Congressional Exchange (ACE). The purpose: to better understand the urgent challenges and opportunities for bipartisan cooperation on U.S. immigration and border policy.
Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) along with Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-AL), and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (WA-08) introduced the bipartisan Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Establishment Act. This legislation will provide states with federal grants to help working families afford clean drinking water and wastewater services.
Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and with Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) have introduced the bipartisan Opportunities for Non-developed Sites to Have Opportunities to be Rehabilitated for Economic Development (ONSHORE) Act.
This legislation will help strengthen our supply chains by giving communities the tools that they need to attract manufacturing jobs, companies, and facilities, according to a Friday release.
With tax season around the corner, there’s one resource you may not be familiar with: your U.S. Congress member.
The Internal Revenue Service help is handled by the constituent services department at every congressional office.
Roger Hougham, a retired Marine and a farmer from McLean County, said he had been trying to get a $22,250 refund from the IRS for more than three years.
He had just about given up, but then his accountant suggested he contact the office of U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen.
The clock is ticking for lawmakers in the nation’s capitol to find common ground on a new farm bill before the November presidential election.
Last year, lawmakers signed off on extending the current farm bill until September 30, just days before the general election.
However, Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen, who represents parts of Bloomington-Normal, is voting no unless lawmakers include a nutrition program.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen said he will not support a version of the farm bill that does not include funding for a federal nutrition program.
The Moline Democrat representing the 17th Congressional District told reporters during a tour of Heartland Community College's agricultural complex Wednesday that plans to eliminate funding for the USDA's Thrifty Food Plan in the farm bill are a "non-starter" for him.