Today, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) recognized Representative Rodney Davis (IL-13) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) with their inaugural Congressional Champion Award during CGS’s 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting, held virtually December 2-4. Granted to two bipartisan members of Congress, the award acknowledges the remarkable contributions each has made toward advancing graduate education in the federal arena. “We are extremely grateful for Congressman Davis’ and Congresswoman Kust...
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U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released the following statement on the passing of Larry Willis, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, which represents dozens of member unions in the transportation industry: “Larry’s passing is such a terrible loss for Capitol Hill and the labor and transportation communities. I got to know Larry over the years serving on the Transportation & Infrastructure committee in the House and recently as ranking member of the Highways & Tr...
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U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today voted in support of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, which seeks to create nearly 1 million additional apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years. “Registered Apprenticeships are a successful, proven federal workforce training program that creates new, good-paying jobs,” said Rep. Davis. “That is why I proudly voted in support of the National Apprenticeship Act. This bipartisan legislation will create nearly 1 million ...
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U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released the following statement after the U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois announced an indictment of top Madigan confidant Mike McClain and three ComEd officials for corruption charges: “This corruption indictment is further proof that Speaker Mike Madigan is the most corrupt politician in Illinois history. He must resign from public office immediately. With the help of Madigan-enablers like Governor J.B. Pritzker and other Illinois D...
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Last week, U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Senior Official Tony Pham urging them to establish protocol to ensure international students previously approved and set to attend universities in-person who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are able to do so without disruption. A common-sense fix to quickly update student records in the ICE Stude...
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Recipients include Blackburn College, HSHS St. John's Hospital, Jersey Community Hospital, ROE #17, and Taylorville Schools U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office has awarded a total of $3,718,599 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants to five educational and medical institutions in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. Recipients include Blackburn College, HSHS St. John's Hospital, Jersey Community Hospital, Re...
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Rodney Davis (IL-13) and Congressmen Darin LaHood (IL-18) announced today that the U.S. Department of Education awarded Illinois State University (ISU) a $4,331,426 grant to prepare, develop, and enhance the skills of educators. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Education’s Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Renewal program. “I’m the proud parent of three Illinois State University students. I know first-hand the high quality education ISU provides to its studen...
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U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today introduced the Highway Relief Act, which empowers the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to fund up to 100% of federally-funded highway projects in Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022, waiving the state and local share of these projects. “The COVID-19 pandemic has put great financial strain on state government budgets, including state departments of transportation,” said Rep. Davis. “My legislation will protect and create new construction jobs and provide a m...
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Today, Vistra announced the planned retirement of four power plants in Illinois, including the Kincaid Power Plant, which employs approximately 115 union workers. U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) issued the following statement in response to Vistra’s retirement announcement: “I’m deeply disappointed in Vistra’s plan to retire their Kincaid plant, which employs 115 of our friends and neighbors. The Kincaid plant has created good-paying union jobs and reliable, baseload power for househol...
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Today, U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) donated Convalescent Plasma at Central Illinois Community Blood Center in Springfield and encourages those who have recovered from COVID-19 to also consider making a plasma donation. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis donates Convalescent Plasma at Central Illinois Community Blood Center in Springfield, IL on Monday, September 28th, 2020. “The plasma donating process at Central Illinois Community Blood Center in Springfield was quick and easy,” said Rep. Davi...
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