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FREEPORT, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the Department of Transporation (DOT) are announcing $400,000 for the City of Freeport to study way the community can increase traffic safety.
“Bringing tax dollars back home to invest in infrastructure is one of the best ways we can make our neighborhoods safer and more sustainable,” said Sorensen. “I’m proud to join the Department of Transportation to announce this critical investment that will help Freeport improve its roads and protect drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) reiterated his call to restore the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) after its expiration at the end of April. The ACP provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible families. One in five households in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District relied on it for internet service.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) visited the southern border of the United States on a bipartisan trip to Arizona where he spoke directly with border patrol agents, government officials, and small business owners about the challenges they face in keeping the border secure and managing the flow of immigrants.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced that he has nominated five students from Central and Northwestern Illinois for admission to the United States Service Academies for the class entering the fall of 2024. The nominated students are:
United States Military Academy:
John Nienhaus- Moline High School, Moline, IL
United States Naval Academy:
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.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) along with the Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the symbiotic relationship between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States De