Press Releases

BLOOMINGTON, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are announcing $499,784 for a project to grow more trees in Bloomington and Normal, which will improve air and water quality, protect residents against summer heat, and lower household energy costs. 

ROCKFORD, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are announcing nearly $400,000 in federal funding for programs to reduce violent crime. 

BLOOMINGTON, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is announcing over $4.2 million in federal grant funding for Head Start education programs in Central Illinois. 

ROCKFORD, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are announcing $50 million in funding awarded to ComEd and its local Rockford partners to deliver affordable, clean energy to Illinois families.

ROCK ISLAND, IL - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced over $1.2 million in funding awarded to 12 rural and small businesses and agriculture producers in Central Illinois to lower energy costs and strengthen their energy resilience. 

PEORIA, IL - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced over $180,000 in funding awarded to two rural and small businesses and agriculture producers in Central Illinois to lower energy costs and strengthen energy resilience. 

ROCKFORD, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) are announcing $750,000 awarded for communities in Northern Illinois t

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) applauded the Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to select Illinois as part of a Midwest hydrogen energy hub that will support energy needs and create good-paying jobs.