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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced federal funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support local tech-industry partnerships and create jobs. The funding will be used to bring private and public partners together to innovate technologies that are essential to economic and national security.
WASHINGTON (WMBD) — A local congressman announced that a Peoria student’s artwork will be displayed in Washington D.C. after winning an art competition.
According to a news release from Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-17), Peoria Christian High School junior Emmelia Edwards won the 2023 Congressional Art Competition in Illinois’ 17th district.
MOLINE, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) congratulated Peoria Christian High School junior Emmelia Edwards on winning the 2023 Congressional Art Competition
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen introduced a bill aimed at making it easier for cheaper generic drugs to be approved without being held up by petitions meant to delay the process.
The Stop Games Act cracks down on “sham” citizen petitions, which big pharmaceutical companies file to slow down the Food and Drug Administration approval process for competing generic drugs, Sorensen said in a news release Thursday.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced the STOP GAMES Act to lower prescription drug prices.
Requests for federal funding for Bloomington-Normal projects already have been made by the two U.S. House members who represent the Twin Cities, but Democrat Eric Sorensen said he planned a walking tour with both municipalities' mayors anyway to learn "where the money is being spent."
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — Congressman Eric Sorensen visited the Twin Cities on Friday to learn more about the needs of two communities in the 17th Congressional District.
Sorensen was accompanied by Normal Mayor Chris Koos in a tour around Uptown Normal.
Koos said Uptown Normal is vibrant, but needs a new stormwater system.
“When we developed the stormwater system here in the early 2000s, it was more than adequate. But we’re getting 150-year rains every year. It’s an issue we need to deal with. It’s a climate change issue,” he said.
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2023) — Representative Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced $361,276 for Augustana College to conduct a study to expand therapy for those with disorders related to language and communication.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.-17) is prioritizing two community funding projects in Peoria to the tune of $2.5 million.
Sorensen requested $500,000 for affordable single-family housing in the Southside and $2 million to upgrade and replace sidewalks in the East Bluff.
“The overall connection between these projects, all of them the overarching theme is they have an effect on people. They have a positive effect on our neighbors,” he said.