U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today took to the House floor to congratulate the Calhoun High School Lady Warriors on winning back-to-back Illinois Class 1A state softball championships. Text of Davis’ remarks is as follows: I rise today to recognize and congratulate the Calhoun High School Lady Warriors on winning back-to-back Illinois Class 1A state softball championships. The team, which finished the season with a 40-2 record, defeated Princeville by the score of 3-0 on June 4 to secure its ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that the House has overwhelming passed H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, legislation, written by the only clinical psychologist serving in Congress, to reform our nation’s broken mental health care system. Davis, an early cosponsor of H.R. 2646, voted for the legislation, which passed with bipartisan support 422-2. The Washington Post has called H.R. 2646 a ‘remarkable achievement’ to reforming our nation’s mental health ...
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Below are excerpts from a recent editorial by the Washington Post commending the House advancement of a bill to reform our nation's mental health system. Davis has made mental health reform a top priority by hosting roundtables and touring facilities in his district to understand what is failing those is need and how it can be improved from the federal level. He is a cosponsor of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. A vote by the full House could come in July. "AMID THE g...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) recently introduced H.R. 5347, the Social Security Disability Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation to expedite Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments for terminally ill individuals. Current law requires individuals to wait five months before they can begin receiving benefits but many terminally ill individuals pass away before these benefits are received. H.R. 5347 would allow individuals with terminal illnesses to receive SSDI...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today voted for H.R. 5471, the Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act, to strengthen tools used by law enforcement to combat homegrown terrorism. H.R. 5471 passed the House by a vote of 402-15. “Our country is facing the highest terror-threat level since 9/11 and we’ve seen in Chattanooga, San Bernardino, and now Orlando that these threats are increasingly from American citizens radicalized by terrorist groups like ISIS overseas,” said Davis. “There’s no doubt th...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and his wife Shannon, a nurse at Taylorville Memorial Hospital, were featured in a recent issue of Beyond Blue, a publication focused on fighting colon cancer. The article highlights Shannon’s battle with a rare form of colon cancer and the struggles many families face when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer. The following is an excerpt from the article titled ‘Blessings in Disguise’: It’s been 17 years since I took my last treatment. I was diagnosed and had my ...
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Davis speaks on the House floor in support of provisions to make the U.S. Capitol more accessible for families. Click here for audio and video. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), member of the Committee on House Administration, today voted to make the U.S. Capitol complex more family-friendly for visitors. Davis advocated for provisions to be added to H.R. 5325, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, which passed the House today, to make it easier for families with young children to visit the...
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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.) today released the following statement after the NGA officially chose the St. Louis site for the Next NGA West campus: "I'm disappointed, but unfortunately, not surprised, by the NGA's decision," said Davis. "It was clear from the meetings we had with the director that the Obama Administration was more concerned with fulfilling their own executive orders than national security. I am still dumbfounded about the errors in the Army Corps' report and will continue to ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today met with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William Fugate regarding flaws in the disaster declaration process that punish small communities in larger populated states like Illinois. Davis requested the meeting after Illinois was denied again for federal disaster assistance to help with damage from December flooding. “It was a productive first meeting,” said Davis. “I was encouraged by Administrator Fugate’s understanding of the ine...
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