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October 22, 2019

The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries and largest employers in the country. In Chicago alone, healthcare encompasses an estimated 12.2 percent – or $69.7 billion – of the region’s total economic production.

Issues:Tax Reform
October 21, 2019
  • Tomorrow morning, October 23, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., Ways & Means will mark up H.R. 3398, the Pathways to Health Careers Act; H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act; H.R. 4650, the Medicare Dental Act; H.R. 4665, the Medicare Vision Act; and H.R.
October 18, 2019

My friend and colleague Representative Elijah Cummings was called home today. Elijah Cummings was a man of the people. He was a tireless, effective, dedicated public servant, a man of faith and humanity and dignity, a man who committed his life to the quest for social, economic and environmental justice.

October 16, 2019

Washington, DC: On October 16, 2019, Representatives Danny K. Davis, Sean Casten and Abigail Spanberger championed legislation to protect student loan borrowers experiencing financial hardship by stopping an onerous practice known as capitalization after a deferment or forbearance.

October 11, 2019

Reps. García, Davis, Gallego and Grijalva Demand Answers from ICE about Militarization of Operations

“Urban Warfare” training facility modeled after Chicago and Arizona neighborhoods is of deep concern

October 7, 2019
Congressman Danny K. Davis Joined in a Brief of Current Members of Congress and Bipartisan Former Members of Congress as Amici Curiae in Support of DACA Recipients in DHS v. Regents of California.
 
The brief can be found here.
October 1, 2019

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Danny K. Davis (D-I.L.), along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen, (D-NH), and Pat Toomey (R-PA), introduced the Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019, legislation that would provide relief for consumers and businesses by making commonsense reforms to the U.S. sugar program.

October 1, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) introduced the FAFSA Act (the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act) to repeal a law that makes it all but impossible for people with a drug conviction, no matter how petty, to receive federal financial aid for higher education.

September 26, 2019

Sens. Van Hollen, Portman, Merkley and Reps. Davis, Schweikert Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Fix AOTC Inequity

September 26, 2019
Testimony of Congressman Danny K.