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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) along with Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced The
PEORIA, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is announcing a $400,000 grant awarded to the Peoria-based Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) to strengthen local manufa
When Eric Sorensen wanted to start talking about climate change while delivering the weather forecast in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa, it wasn’t an easy lift.
The Illinois Democrat said he heard a lot of “hell, no” from management at his television station, WREX.
Back then, more than a decade ago, climate change was a highly politicized topic — a fact he attributed at least in part to former Vice President Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” which had been out just a few years at that point.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) are announcing a $4.5 million grant funding competition to support efforts to create science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) talent development strategies and support innovation.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen addressed several topics during a telephone town hall Tuesday ranging from prescription drug costs and veterans care to the national debt ceiling and law enforcement training.
Sorensen, a Moline Democrat, answered questions from constituents from throughout the 17th District, including Morrison, Moline, Canton, Peoria, Bloomington, Rockford and Mendota.
ROCKFORD — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1 million to the Region 1 Planning Council to conduct environmental assessments and develop cleanup and reuse plans for polluted brownfield sites in Winnebago and Boone counties.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen sat down for dinner Monday night at a table with five Republicans and three Democrats.
“And the thing I brought away from that is, God, this looks a lot like my neighborhood. We should be able to sit down and talk with one another again, and support one another,” said Sorensen, who represents the 17th Congressional District that includes the Twin City area.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) will host a town hall with residents of Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. Constituents will be allowed to participate over the phone, and a recording of the event will be made available afterward.