Press Releases
Act to Reduce Child Poverty Rates
Co-Sponsor the Child Poverty Reduction Act
Supported by over 250 Organizations
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that one-fifth of children lived in poverty in 2014.
Like all of Chicago, I was shocked and deeply saddened to read of the discovery of an infant’s body in the Garfield Park Lagoon. Any child who dies is a heartbreak but this extraordinarily horrific case tears deep at the heart of us all. Though we do not yet know the child’s identity, my heartfelt sympathies go out to the parents and family.
I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mrs. Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson. Rev. Jackson often spoke of his love, his appreciation and close relationship with his mother and my heart goes out to him and the entire Jackson and Burns families. Of course, Mrs. Jackson was, on her part, justly proud of her sons.
Congressman Danny K. Davis Marks Women’s Equality Day
August 26, 2015
Today, Congressman Danny K. Davis (IL-7) marked Women’s Equality Day in celebration of the adoption of the 19th amendment 95 years ago by calling for an escalation of the struggle for full equality for women in every aspect of life.
Congressman Danny K. Davis (IL-07) today issued the following statement reiterating his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear agreement reached between the P5+1 nations and Iran.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
7:00pm-9:00pm TOWN HALL MEETING (Oak Park, River Forest & Forest Park Residents) at Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison, Oak Park, IL.
Monday, August 10, 2015
7:00pm-9:00pm BERWYN TOWN HALL MEETING at Berwyn Council Chambers, 6700 West 26th Street, Berwyn
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
I strongly support consumers in their desire to know what is in their food and this bill is the best option to provide that information to the American consumer. The national standards created under H.R. 1599 will provide information to the public in an efficient, consistent, and comprehendible manner that is preferable to the inconsistency and confusion created by the states.
H.R. 3087, the Education Stability for Foster Youth Act
Congressman Danny K. Davis and Congresswoman Karen Bass
Representatives Davis and Bass Introduce Legislation to Help Foster
Youth Stay in School
WASHINGTON, DC—In the ongoing national effort to provide better
opportunities for the nearly 400,000 young people in the U.S. foster
care system, Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Congresswoman Karen
Bass (D-CA) today introduced the “Education Stability for Foster Youth
Davis and Edwards Introduce Pell Grants for Prisoners Bill