Press Releases

 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) applauded the announcement from the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) that the Milan Mail Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) will remain open at current staffing levels.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to House Republicans passing their budget proposal that calls for giving massive tax breaks to billionaires, while cutting more than $880 billion from Medicaid. 

 

“The budget House Republicans passed today would rip health care coverage away from neighb

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) delivered passionate remarks and tough questions during a House Agriculture Committee hearing focused on expanding opportunity through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) honored former Thomson Federal Correctional Institution Officer Blake Schwarz on the floor of the U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), representing more than 100 million Americans over the age of 50, recently

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s across-the-board tariffs that will significantly raise prices on families in Illinois’ 17th district. 

 

“Tariffs are taxes that will make it more expensive for families across Central and Northwestern Illinois to afford their grocer

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) led nearly two dozen of their House colleagues in demanding the Director of U.S. Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought to stop firing and reinstate impacted National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service (NWS) employees.