U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), and the CEO of Natixis Global Asset Management, John Hailer, published a guest post in Forbes last week about their efforts to help more college graduates pay down student debt, which is now the second highest form of consumer debt. Davis’ legislation, the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, would provide a new tool to help employers recruit and retain employees by allowing ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ (R-Ill.) legislation, the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, to engage employers and help graduates pay off their student loans more quickly, was featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article as the ‘proposal with the most traction’ to address rising student loan debt. Below are exerts from the WSJ article written by Josh Mitchell: A tripling of student debt over the past decade to more than $1.3 trillion has unleashed a torrent of Washington lobbyi...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today spoke about “A Better Way” to fight poverty in this country at the First Run Feeding America donation to the Central Illinois Foodbank. Land O'Lakes donated 40,000 pounds, or 33,000 meals, of macaroni and cheese to local families in need. Davis at the Central Illinois Foodbank First Run Feeding America donation. CLICK HERE to download above photo. "The Central Illinois Foodbank distributes 9 million pounds of food each year to families in need," said Davis. ...
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As students head back to Illinois State University (ISU) this week and next, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs (D-Ill.) made their second stop in two weeks to raise awareness about state and federal efforts to strengthen 529 college savings plans and improve access to affordable education. Davis and Frerichs were joined today by ISU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Janet Wessel Krejci. The two were at the University of Illinois Urba...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs (D-Ill.) made a stop at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus today to raise awareness about state and federal efforts to strengthen 529 college savings plans and improve access to affordable education. Davis and Frerichs discuss bipartisan efforts to make saving for college easier for Illinois families. Davis is a leader in federal efforts to expand, modernize, and strengthen 529 college savings pl...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released this statement after the Senate passed the bipartisan, bicameral compromise to fight our nation’s prescription drug abuse and heroin epidemic. S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016, includes 18 bills the passed by the House earlier this year to address this epidemic. This legislation, which passed the House last week, now heads to the president’s desk for signature. “Every 12 minutes someone dies from a drug overdose in the U.S.,...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that his amendment to prevent $4.2 million from going to the Office of Congressional Relations at the EPA was adopted plate last night and will be included in H.R. 5538, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Davis offered his amendment in response to a lack of inaction by EPA and the Office of Congressional Relations. CLICK HERE to view the amendment. Background: Davis and his staff have contacted the EPA...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after Exelon Corporation announced it would begin shutdown procedures for Clinton Power Station and Quad Cities Generating Station due to the lack of progress on Illinois energy legislation: "I am extremely disappointed to hear of Exelon's announcement and continue to urge state legislative leaders to find a legislative solution that will allow Illinois' nuclear plants, including Clinton Power Station, to continue to provide ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with other members of the Illinois Delegation, today sent a letter urging state leaders to take action on a legislative solution that will allow Illinois’ nuclear plants, including Clinton Power Station, to continue to operate and prevent the loss of more than 4,000 jobs. The letter comes in response to last week’s announcement by Exelon warning that without legislative action before the end of the session, two of Illinois’ nuclear power plants, Clinton Pow...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and John Shimkus (R-Ill.), along with members of the Congressional Steel Caucus, sent letters urging the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Union to reject any bid by China to transition from non-market economy (NME) to market economy status (MES), which would ultimately weaken antidumping laws that are necessary to protect U.S. industries such as steel from unfairly priced Chinese imports. “China has failed to adopt market principl...
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