WESTCHESTER, Ill. – A full house of more than 100 community members joined Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and Rep. Norma Hernandez for a town hall meeting Wednesday evening to share their thoughts and discuss efforts to help families make ends meet and put a check on Washington’s extreme agenda.
Read MoreCHICAGO – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch joined Illinois nurses and advocates this week at a rally honoring the memory of Alex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs nurse executed by Donald Trump’s agents while he was working to protect his neighbors in Minnesota last weekend.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and House Democrats spoke out about the illegal and corrupt actions pushed by the Trump Administration this week, passing official condemnations of Trump’s reckless tariffs and misguided foreign policy, drastic cuts to child care and familial lifelines, and the deadly immigration force employed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that has killed close to 50 individuals, including U.S. citizens. Meanwhile House Republicans opposed these efforts, choosing yet again to stand only with Trump.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is recognizing five years of leadership in the House this week, and the transformational changes delivered in that time. Since assuming leadership on January 13, 2020, Welch has dedicated his tenure to advancing an agenda focused on economic opportunity, healthcare expansion, education reform, and fairness for all Illinois residents.
Read MoreCHICAGO – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch shared a vision for preserving and strengthening our democracy and creating new opportunity at an address to the City Club of Chicago this week.
Read MoreCHICAGO – Buses and trains will be safer, more reliable, and more efficiently managed under a major transit reform law passed by Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and House Democrats.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and House Democrats are standing up to Trump’s unconstitutional raids and blatant racial profiling by enacting a new law to protect people’s due process rights and secure places everyone should feel safe, like hospitals, daycare centers, and courthouses.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – An independent, bipartisan analysis has named House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch as one of the most effective lawmakers in Illinois. Welch topped the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s rankings after a year focused on affordability, opportunity, and counteracting the chaos coming from Washington.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and state Sen. Kimberly Lightford are helping hundreds of local families put a Thanksgiving dinner on the table by hosting a Drive Through Turkey and Ham Giveaway on Monday, Nov. 24 at 10 a.m. outside Welch’s constituent service office at 10055 Roosevelt Road in Westchester.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and House Democrats delivered transformational “clean slate” justice reforms, expanding opportunity for employment, housing, and education by creating an automatic sealing process for thousands of non-violent arrest records.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is delivering relief from rising energy costs, passing comprehensive legislation that seeks to bring down home energy bills both immediately and in the long term.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s smart budget tools are delivering $20 million in new funding for local food banks, shoring up this critical safety net as Donald Trump denies Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for almost 2 million Illinoisans.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is hearing directly from community members on the topics that matter most to them at a series of conversations at barbershops, giving people a chance to share their thoughts on affordability, on the situation in Washington, on economic opportunity, and more—all while they get their hair cut.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – The Trump Administration has removed their illegal fence blocking Beach Street in Broadview after House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson, and dozens of local leaders rallied outside of the Broadview ICE facility this week, demanding Trump abide by court orders and remove the blockade.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is working to support communities being impacted by the federal deployment of masked and heavily armed troopers by calling out hostile and violent tactics deployed against the majority Black community of Broadview and supporting a Hispanic Heritage Month event in West Chicago—a community on edge as a result of recent ICE raids.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is working to help modest-income families and older adults facing rising utility bills by backing legislation to expand eligibility for the state’s home energy assistance program, and encouraging residents to apply for relief beginning October 1.
Read MoreBLOOMINGTON, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch brought his statewide listening tour in Central Illinois this week, joining Rep. Sharon Chung and Bloomington-Normal residents for discussions about equitable higher education funding, enhanced public transit for every Illinois community, and secure retirement benefits for educators and others who serve the public.
Read MoreNORTH UTICA, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch joined first-term Rep. Amy ‘Murri’ Briel for a town hall meeting in her Illinois River Valley community this week, giving residents the opportunity to share their thoughts on the cost of living, energy, and the effects of Washington’s service cuts and high tariffs. The town hall meeting was one of the first stops in a tour visiting colleagues’ districts and hearing from people across the state ahead of the fall legislative session.
Read MoreWESTCHESTER, Ill. – Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch is calling out the Trump administration’s latest effort to undermine senior care and workers’ rights, joining state labor leaders who have filed formal opposition to a new proposal in Washington to slash wages for home-healthcare workers.
Read MoreMAYWOOD, Ill. – House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch joined Black Men United to celebrate the opening of two dozen fully renovated affordable housing units in Maywood Wednesday, supported by state dollars secured in Welch’s fiscally and socially responsible state budgets.
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