U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) announced today that Bloomington-Normal and the City of Decatur were awarded grants from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant program. This funding is provided to state and local governmental authorities to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities. “Investing in our smaller, public transit systems means investing in jobs and economic growth," Davis said. "I'm ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) announced today that the Jersey Community Hospital District received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The grant will be used to purchase and renovate a building that will be used to house the Hospital District's rural health clinic in Roodhouse that will provide treatment, counseling, education and outreach efforts to combat the opioid crisis in the area. "One of the biggest ways we can fight the opioid epidemic is ensuri...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced the Congressional App Challenge is now open for high school students throughout the 13th Congressional District. This initiative is to encourage student engagement in coding and other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related fields. “Innovation and technology drive the success of our nation,” said Davis. “This competition will not only highlight the importance of STEM education but also encourage more students to engage in these fi...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Dr. Peter Goldsmith, director of the Soybean Innovation Lab and a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, explained in Agri-Pulse how the Soybean Innovation Lab promotes global food security. Davis serves as the Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research and is Co-Chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus. Dr. Goldsmith was awarded a U.S. Age...
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Davis honors Logan Palmer on House Floor. Click here for the full video. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) spoke on the House Floor yesterday highlighting his legislation honoring Petty Officer Logan Palmer. H.R. 5935, which unanimously passed the House, would designate the post office in Harristown, Illinois, as the “Logan S. Palmer Post Office." Petty Officer Logan Palmer, of Harristown, Illinois, was among the sailors killed when the USS John S McCain collided with a tanker off the coast of Si...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded four local central Illinois airports with funding to invest in various projects ranging from runway rehabilitation, the purchase for ground operation equipment, and expansion of passenger terminals. Statements from the Congressmen, as well as details of the awards are below: “Investing in our infrastructure is a critical part of growing our economy and that’s exactly ...
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Davis and Panetta talk to students at Edwardsville High School. Click here to download high res photos. U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) discussed bipartisanship and civility in politics with students at three high schools in the 13th district. Davis was selected by the Association of Former Members of Congress as one of the leaders of the Congressional Study Group on American Democracy and Civics, which brings together both sides of the aisle with the common purpos...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today introduced H.R. 6760, the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act, which makes the individual tax cuts included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. The bill, which is part of the Tax Reform 2.0 package, is cosponsored by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and all other Ways and Means Committee Republicans. "Our economy is booming and we have seen historic growth since t...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released the following statement after attending former President Obama's speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today. The University of Illinois announced last week that former President Barack Obama will be this year’s recipient of the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government. “I appreciate former President Obama choosing the Urbana-Champaign campus to accept this award because it’s a true testament to the hard work by President Killeen,...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) this week voted to empower students and families through financial literacy and to enhance financial aid counseling programs for federal student aid recipients. H.R. 1635, the Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act, overwhelmingly passed the House by a vote of 406 to 4. "My two boys are seniors in high school and as my wife Shannon and I take them to visit colleges this year, we know picking a school is a big decision for any family and figu...
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