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March 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), along with Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), reintroduced a bipartisan bill to rename the United States Postal Service (USPS) building located at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford after letter carrier Jay Larson.
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March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is fighting to protect Americans from the Trump-Musk plan to gut Social Security. Sorensen helped introduce the Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act, which aims to prevent the closure of critical Social Security field and hearing offices.

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March 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) led 14 of his Illinois colleagues, including Senators Durbin and Duckworth, calling on the administration to refrain from their efforts to reduce the Peoria Ag Lab workforce. The letter warns Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Dr.

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John Lewis
March 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Congressman Eric Sorensen joined his House Democratic colleagues to reintroduce H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
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NOAA
February 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to mass firings across the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS), which appears to have affected more than 800 employees, including some from the Quad Cities’ office.
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February 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen announced today that his guest for the State of the Union address will be James Diaz, a resident of Monmouth, Illinois. Diaz, a disabled veteran who served overseas during the Gulf conflicts of the 1980s and 1990s, was unexpectedly laid off in February 2025 as a result of actions taken by the Trump administration and Elon Musk.

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NOAA
February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), Ranking Member of the Energy Subcommittee on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, demanded answers about reports that Elon Musk and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff entered the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (N

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Reintroducing QUIET Act
February 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is taking action to stop AI-driven scams that prey on Illinois seniors by reintroducing his bipartisan Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications (QUIET) Act alongside Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06).
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Ronald Reagan National Airport
January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to safety concerns following the tragic mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 

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Congressman Eric Sorensen reads to students in Head Start programming in Sterling, Illinois
January 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s freeze on all federal grants and loans, including those already awarded, leaving communities in Central and Northwestern Illinois in limbo: