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Chicago – U. S. Rep. Danny K. Davis voted to secure urgently needed relief for small businesses across the state and his congressional district.  The Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit, Small Businesses Act, will deliver $55 billion to replenish funding for district-wide restaurants and establish a new program supporting other small businesses impacted by the pandemic.

Washington, D.C. – U. S. Representative Danny K. Davis was appointed to the America COMPETES Act of 2022 conference committee. The America COMPETES Act would invest in cutting-edge science and technology to protect critical supply chains, support manufacturing jobs, and maintain America’s competitive edge.

Washington, D.C.- March 9, 2022, Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL) issued the following statement after House Passage of the FY22 funding bill, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.  

Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), who holds a leadership role on trade policy within the U. S. House of Representatives, joined his colleagues to support H.R. 6968, a bill to sanction and hold Russia accountable for their unprovoked invasion into Ukraine.

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March 2, 2022

Neal and Davis Praise New HHS LGBTQ+ Foster Youth Guidance

I applaud President Joe Biden for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. 

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the third African-American Supreme Court Justice, the fifth woman, and most importantly, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The U.S House of Representatives passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. This bill will require future postal service retirees who have been paying into Medicare their entire careers to enroll into Medicare. It could send the postal service 22.6 billion dollars over a ten-year period of eliminates the requirement to prefund retiree Health Benefits. It mandates six-day integrated service delivery.