Rep. Bobby L. Rush

Viewing Bobby L. Rush's recent press releases and news feeds.

• Mar. 11 RUSH OPENING STATEMENT AT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON NHTSA OVERSIGHT—THE ROAD AHEAD

• RUSH COMMENDS THE PRESIDENT ON HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING THE NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE (NEI)

• Mar. 04 RUSH VOTES "NO" ON THE HIRE ACT (H.R. 2847), SAYS IT FALLS SHORT OF THE MARK TO BOOST JOBS IN URBAN COMMUNITIES

• Mar. 03 Rep. Bobby L. Rush says new City Colleges Chancellor Cheryl Hyman is 'an outstanding leader' and commends Mayor Daley

• Feb. 24 RUSH OPENING STATEMENT AT JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON USE OF LOCATION INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES

• Feb. 23 RUSH OPENING STATEMENT AT OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS HEARING ON TOYOTA'S SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENTS

• Feb. 17 RUSH NOTES ECONOMIC PROGRESS ON 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

• Feb. 08 U.S. REP. BOBBY L. RUSH STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF U.S. REP. JOHN P. MURTHA

Viewing Bobby L. Rush's recent legislative activity.

• Jan. 26 Cosponsored HRES1046: Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.

• Jan. 18 Cosponsored HR3090: To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HR3995: To provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the 2008 Financial Crisis, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HR4462: To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Cosponsored HR4467: To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

• Jan. 12 Cosponsored HR3047: To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.

• Dec. 15 Sponsored HR4343: To establish in the Department of Commerce the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance, loan guarantees, and contracting opportunities, and for other purposes.

• Sponsored HR4353: To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the operation of unlicensed TV band devices on protec…

• Cosponsored HR4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

• Cosponsored HR4392: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to expand, improve, support, and promote higher education in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Dec. 14 Cosponsored HR4321: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 10 Cosponsored HR4290: To establish the New Economy Grant Program through the Department of Labor to create public works jobs on State and local lands and community-based public interest projects, to direct aid to State and local governments for the retention and rehir…

• Dec. 08 Cosponsored HRES862: Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for winning the 2009 Star Innovator in the Intel Schools of Distinction competition.

• Dec. 07 Cosponsored HR930: To strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psor…

• Dec. 02 Sponsored HRES946: Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HRES947: Expressing commitment to the objectives of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.

• Cosponsored HRES948: Commending the participants and organizers of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

• Cosponsored HCONRES198: Recognizing Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury as the leading cause of death and disability in the United States for children and young adults from birth until 25 years of age and endorsing the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan to develo…

• Nov. 30 Cosponsored HCONRES216: Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.

• Nov. 18 Cosponsored HR3986: To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the availability of Federal habeas corpus relief for a person who is sentenced to death though actually innocent.