Press Releases
ROCKFORD, IL - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) released the following statement on the death of Auburn High School student Jason Jenkins, an 18-year-old Walmart employee that was murdered while working at a store in Rockford.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) voted to pass a bipartisan defense spending bill that includes wins he secured for the 182nd Airlift Wing at the Peoria Air National Guard base. The package also includes a 5.2 percent pay raise for service members – the largest in over two decades.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) voted to pass a bipartisan defense spending bill that includes historic wins to support the Rock Island Arsenal and strengthens national security. The package Sorensen helped pass also includes a 5.2 percent pay raise for service members – the largest in over two decades.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) voted to pass a bipartisan spending bill in the House of Representatives that includes $2.4 million he secured for infrastructure projects for the Town of Normal.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) led U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) secured $120 million for once-in-a-generation infrastructure upgrades along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, which will allow more goods from Illinois’ 17th District to be shipped to market, boosting the local economy. Sorensen joined a coalition of bipartisan, interstate members to secure this funding in annual spending legislation that is now law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) secured nearly $847,000 for a new state-of-the-art police training center in Winnebago County to support officers in Northern Illinois and reduce crime.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) joined Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-03) in helping launch House Democrats’ Border Security Task Force.
The task force, comprised of 24 House Democrats, will work on bipartisan, sensible reforms to secure the Southern border, address the immigration backlog, combat the flow of dangerous narcotics such as fentanyl, and provide the Department of Homeland Security with the resources they need to do their jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) secured over $123 million in tax dollars for historic projects in Western Illinois.