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WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced four federal grant opportunities available to local Illinois law enf
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives expressing support for the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act which strengthens a worker’s right to form and join a union.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced $3,328,749 in federal grant funding for Head Start education programs in Northwestern Illinois.
GALESBURG, IL – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small announced $18 million in funds for high-speed broadband access to rural communities in Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, and Warren counties.
ROCK ISLAND, IL – Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) visited veteran centers and clinics across Illinois’ 17th Congressional District to distribute handmade Valentine’s Day cards to Central and Northwestern Illinois veterans.
ROCK ISLAND, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) released the following statement:
“I look forward to working with Senators Duckworth and Durbin, the Bureau of Prisons, and the Department of Justice to make sure that USP Thomson plays an integral role in our nation’s prison system and creates a high-level of safety and security for all employees and inmates,” said Sorensen.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced that he has been named to serve on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee and the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee within the House Committee on Agriculture.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced that he has been named to serve as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics within the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. He was also named to serve on the Subcommittee on Energy.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s second State of the Union address:
Former meteorologist who campaigned on climate science, Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, IL-17, will serve on a science committee in the 118th Congress.
The Science, Space, and Technology committee oversees agency budgets that total over $42 billion and its jurisdiction covers most non-defense and non-human-health Federal research and development.
"I will use my experience as a meteorologist to craft policies that will mitigate the negative impact extreme weather is having on our communities," Sorensen said.