Illinois' 3rd Congressional District
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Congresswoman Ramirez Holds Third Congressional Town Hall in Addison Village
On August 29, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) hosted her third Congressional Town Hall at Addison Trail High School to share with the community successes from her first eight months in Congress, including her legislation to restore GI Bill education benefits to defrauded student veterans advancing out of committee of and more than $13.5 million in federal funding for local projects.
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Congresswoman Ramirez Statement on Bomb Threats to Local Libraries
On August 23, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after several libraries around Illinois, including libraries in Chicago, received bomb threats that forced them to close doors to the public:
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Congresswoman Ramirez's Statement Following Reports of Chicago Police Officers Illegal Sexual Relations with Migrants
On July 7, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement on the reports of illegal sexual relations between Chicago police officers and newly arrived migrants:
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Constituent Services Success Story: Congresswoman Ramirez Secures Access to Federal Grants for Glenbard Township School District #87
On July 7, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) announced the successful resolution to a constituent services matter that resulted in Glenbard Township High School District #87 regaining access to federal funding opportunities for schools.
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Congresswoman Ramirez Working to Secure More Than $30M for Community Project Funding Across Local Housing, Environmental, and Infrastructure Priorities
This week, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) announced that she has been working to secure more than $30 million for 15 Community Projects in the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations bills that, if enacted, would expand access to affordable housing, food security, clean water, street, and pedestrian safety, and fund multiple other local infrastructure projects.
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Congresswoman Ramirez Convenes Roundtable on Youth Opportunity, Violence Prevention with Dem Leader Jeffries, Mayor Johnson, Ald. Fuentes, Congressman Davis, IL Sen. Peters, Dept. Mayor Gatewood
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) was joined by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8th), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Alderperson Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward), Congressman Danny Davis (IL-07), IL State Senator Robert Peters, and Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood at IL-03’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) for a community-based conversation about dedicated resources for youth opportunities as part of a holistic, transformative framework for community safety.
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Congresswoman Ramirez's Statement on Corrupt SCOTUS Decision to Reject Student Debt Cancellation
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s plan to forgive about $430 billion in student loan debt for low-income and middle-class student borrowers:
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Congresswoman Ramirez Welcomes SBA Administrator Guzman to Meet Local Latine Small Business Owners in IL-03
Congresswoman Ramirez and Administrator Guzman visited entrepreneurs and participated in a roundtable discussion as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Latino Prosperity Tour.
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Congresswoman Ramirez’s Statement Following Abrupt Announcement of July 1st Cutoff of Healthcare Insurance Enrollment for Illinois Immigrants
On June 17, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement in response to the abrupt announcement to close enrollment for immigrants currently eligible for health care coverage:
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Representatives Ramirez, Schakowsky, Quigley Urge President Biden to Grant Parole and Issue Expedited Work Permits for Immigrant Community
The letter is supported by immigrant organizations like The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, United We Dream, and Immigrants' List Civic Action
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Congresswoman Ramirez Celebrates Puerto Rican Pride with the Community of Chicago
This weekend, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) celebrated with the Puerto Rican community in Chicago the rich cultural history and deep Puerto Rican roots in Humboldt Park during its historic 45th Annual Puerto Rican Day People’s Parade and Festival.
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Congresswoman Delia Ramirez Fights Back Republican Misinformation and Violent Rhetoric Against Asylum Seekers
Washington, DC -During a Homeland Security hearing this week, Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee (CHS) Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) pushed back on the attempts of Republicans to further criminalize the right to seek asylum and hate-driven misinformation about the current legal process for migrants to claim asylum at the border.
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Ramirez, Durbin, Duckworth, Garcia Announce $8 Million for Rail Safety in Franklin Park
Chicago, IL – U.S. Representative Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4) on June 5, announced $8 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program for Franklin Park, Illinois, to complete project development and final design for a grade separation of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) tracks through the Village while closing one or more at-grade crossings.
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Illinois' 3rd Congressional District hosts Congresswoman Ramirez's Statement in Opposition to Harmful Republican Demands Reflected in the Debt Ceiling Bill on May 31, 2023
Washington, DC – On May 31, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement after voting NO on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation that established the deal President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reached to address the Republican-made debt ceiling crisis:
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Congresswoman Ramirez's Statement on Reported Debt Limit Deal
On May 28, 2023, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement on the proposed debt limit deal, the bill text for which Democratic Congressmembers haven't yet received:
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Congresswoman Ramirez Announces IL-03 Congressional Art Competition Winners
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) announced today the 2023 Congressional Art Competition winners. The winning entry for 2023 is “A Hope of Peace” by student artist Wilson Sting Rodriguez Parra of East Leyden High School.
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Ramirez, Tlaib Introduce Bill to Expand Health Care Providers for Veterans
On May 25, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced the Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act to make it easier for the VA and State Veterans Homes to hire foreign employees on H1-B visas when they cannot find a suitable applicant in the United States.
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Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, CPC Colleagues Urge Republicans to Put People Over Politics and Pass Clean Debt Ceiling Increase
Congresswoman Ramirez led a Congressional Progressive Caucus Special Order Hour convened as an answer to Republican’s cruel demands that hold the nation's economy hostage.
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Ramirez joins Rep. Jamaal Bowman to Reintroduce Resolution Condemning the Great Replacement Theory
On May 17, Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-03) joined Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16) to reintroduce a resolution to condemn the white supremacist “Great Replacement Theory,”
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Congresswoman Ramirez Statement on the End of Title 42 and Future of Asylum Seekers
The Homeland Security Committee Vice Ranking Member urged the Administration to meet the historic moment with a humanitarian approach to immigration and fully uphold the constitutional right to seek asylum