Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.)
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Hultgren honors Prairie Ridge Wolves football champions
The state-champion football team from Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake was recently honored on the floor of the U.S. Capitol.
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Hultgren wishes McHenry County College a happy 50th
Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) recently recognized the 50th anniversary of McHenry County College on the House floor, commending the school for the extraordinary services it offers to area students.
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Hultgren cites constituents' anger at Equifax data breach hearing
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) grilled former Equifax chair and CEO Richard Smith during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee in Washington over a recent data breach at the consumer credit reporting agency.
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Hultgren pleads for continued funding of federal children's health program
Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) recently urged House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to help ensure the continued funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to a press release.
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Hultgren pushes Trump to delay sanction relief for Sudan
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) helped pen a recent letter urging President Donald Trump to hold off on lifting sanctions on Sudan, according to a press release.
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Service Academy Day in St. Charles to offer information on military academies
U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) are hosting a Service Academy Day from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at St. Charles East High School for students and their families from from the 14th and 6th Congressional districts interested in U.S. service academies.
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Hultgren to participate in veterans forum at Geneva American Legion
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) will participate in a veterans forum at 2:30 p.m. March 3 at the American Legion Fox River.
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Hultgren easily retains District 14 U.S. House seat
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Plano) retained his seat in the 14th Congressional District on Tuesday by an approximately 20 percent vote margin over Democratic challenger Jim Walz of Gurnee.
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Hultgren calls out VA for health coverage failures
Whether its actions were indolent or illegal, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently came under sharp criticism from U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL), who implored the government to grant veterans their medical care coverage.
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Hultgren supports International Day of Peace
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) praised the work of Connect2Peace, the Peace Coalition of the Rock River Valley, while speaking out Wednesday, Sept. 21, in support of the International Day of Peace.
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Hultgren calls on Congress to ease burden of rising health care coverage
After the Illinois Department of Insurance announced health insurance rates for 2017, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) called for Congressional help for Illinois residents.
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Hultgren urges accountability at hearing on FAA hiring practices
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) urged accountability and advocated strongly for fairness and safety at a congressional hearing last week to review the FAA’s hiring practices.
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Will, Kane counties to get chunk of $48 million-plus in HUD grants
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14) said recently that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will contribute over $48 million in federal funding for several types of affordable housing projects to the State of Illinois for the 2016 fiscal year, with Kane and Will Counties getting approximately $5 million.
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Hultgren aims to ensure transportation bill doesn't give suburbs short shrift
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14) took to the House floor this week to call for a more equitable share of transportation funding for suburban communities from the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, which the House passed on Thursday.
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Hultgren hosts Chicago roundtable on Illinois' infrastructure needs
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14) hosted a roundtable in Chicago on Monday with state and federal policymakers to discuss Illinois' transportation infrastructure needs with stakeholders. Twenty five representatives from Illinois transportation authorities, universities, governments and businesses met with Hultgren and Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Hultgren co-sponsors Global Food Security Act
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14), a member of the Executive Committee of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, said on Friday that he is co-sponsoring the Global Food Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 1567) to reduce global hunger and poverty by improving food security and nutrition, especially for women and children in developing countries.
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Helsinki Commission to hold hearing on migrant surge into Europe
The federal government's Helsinki Commission will hold a hearing on Tuesday in Washington D.C., aimed at formulating a response to the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe. Officials from the U.S. State Department, United Nations, and ambassadors from the European Union and Serbia are expected to testify.
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Hultgren-sponsored Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act signed into law
President Obama signed a bill into law late last week, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14), that adjusts certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act to favor mid-size businesses. The Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act keeps the threshold for “small group” companies to 50 employees or less, instead of forcing businesses with 51-100 employees into the small-group market in 2016.
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Hultgren, Lipinski help launch prize caucus to spur private-sector innovation
U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14) and Dan Lipinski (D-Dist. 3) recently announced the formation of the Congressional Prize Caucus to encourage more private citizens to get involved in large-scale innovation. The caucus will work with legislators and federal agencies to promote public prize competitions as a means of generating big ideas on issues that would otherwise be addressed through typical channels such as grant funding and private research and development.
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House votes to reauthorize religious-tolerance commission
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Dist. 14) recently voted with the majority in reauthorizing the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Reauthorization Act of 2015.