U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that the Piatt County Mental Health Center's I.M.P.A.C.T Coalition is again the recipient of a Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grant through the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The grant award is for the amount of $125,000 and will fund the program from September 30th, 2020 to September 29th, 2021. The DFC Program was developed to support communities as they mobilize individuals and organizations to prevent youth substan...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) has teamed up this summer with John Deere, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and Illinois Manufacturing Association (IMA) to deliver face shields to local nursing homes and first responders. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as face shields are vital to protecting residents, caretakers, and first responders from the Coronavirus. In June they delivered face shields to twelve different organizations. Today they delivered hundreds more to three different organiza...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) today announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has awarded two federal firefighter grants to the City of Springfield Fire Department and the Witt Volunteer Fire Protection District. Springfield received a Assistance to Firefighters Supplemental (AFG-S) grant in the amount of $66,796.01. The supplemental funding comes from the CARES Act which Congress...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) today announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has awarded Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grants totaling $812,854.20 to several fire departments in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. The grants will be used to purchase items such as Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) packs amongst other things depending...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has awarded a FY 2020 Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grant to Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) in the amount of $81,797. The grant will be used to enroll veterans in LLCC's Truck Driver Training program that results in graduates earning a Commercial Drivers License (CDL). Interested veterans should call LLCC's Truck Driver Traini...
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Today, U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) voted in support of the Delivering for America Act, which provides emergency funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and prohibits operational changes at USPS during the pandemic. “The Postal Service is a lifeline to the communities I represent,” said Rep. Davis. “The men and women of the Postal Service are working tirelessly during this pandemic, and we need to do everything we can to support them, which is why I support the Deliverin...
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Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (IL-13) joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, NAACP Illinois State Conference President Teresa Haley, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (IL-18), and others to announce the designation of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot in Illinois as the 30th addition to the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN). The designation formally recognizes the historical and national significance of a landmark event in the struggle for civil rights which served...
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Ahead of legislative action in the U.S. House of Representatives on the United States Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) is reiterating his support for the men and women of the USPS and giving them the resources they need to do their jobs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Letter carriers, local postmasters, and other USPS employees do not get enough credit for the job they do under difficult circumstances, especially during this pandemic,” said Rep. Davis. ...
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Congressman Rodney Davis (IL-13), Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04), and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced a bipartisan bill to protect patients from increased out-of-pocket prescription drug costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 7647, the Preserving Patient Savings on Drug Costs Act, stops insurers from instituting costly copay accumulator programs by delaying the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameter (NBPP) rule...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13) with Savoy Mayor Joan Dykstra and Savoy Fire Department personnel on June 23, 2020. Davis teamed up with the Illinois Manufacturing Association, John Deere, and the United Auto Workers (UAW) to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE). U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) today announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has awarded a Assistance to Firefi...
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