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Lipinski Helps Secure $132 Million Federal Grant for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project
06/05/2018"This is a big win for the Chicago area," stated Lipinski. "The CREATE program is critical to our region in creating jobs, boosting the economy, improving Metra and Amtrak service, and alleviating blocked rail crossings."
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Lipinski Amendment to Aid Purple Heart and Other Extraordinary Veterans Passes House
05/25/2018His amendment ensures access to commissaries and morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) facilities for Purple Heart recipients, all veterans with a service-connected disability, Medal of Honor recipients, former prisoners of war, and veteran caregivers.
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Lipinski Iran Amendment Passes House
05/24/2018"Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism," stated Rep. Lipinski. "In spite of their weak economy and U.S. imposed sanctions in response to their support for terrorism, abuse of human rights, and acquisition of prohibited weapons, they continue to expend exorbitantly in support of violent groups abroad."
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Dan In The News
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Bumped by Your Airline? Local Lawmakers Split on Remedy.
05/01/2018Sometimes, even in Congress, a roll call splits lawmakers in weird ways without much apparent reason. That's certainly the case with a measure proposed by Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Chicago,that would give airline passengers who are bumped or otherwise delayed more than three hours because of a mistake by their airline the right to rebook on another carrier with available seats. Sometimes, they'd even get a meal voucher and an overnight stay at a hotel, too.
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Metra's New Shop Will Crank Out More Refurbished Railcars for Riders
05/01/2018With an average age of 28 years, Metra's rail cars have lived through the Gulf War, the dawn of the World Wide Web and the "Seinfeld" years. Nostalgia for the 1990s is fun, but not when you're sitting on it, which is why Metra officials broke ground on a new rehab shop Tuesday that will enable workers to refurbish 60 railcars a year instead of 35.
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Lipinski Amendment Could Help Fund Tower at Lewis University Airport in Romeoville
04/30/2018U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski, D-Western Springs, authored an amendment to authorize funding for air traffic control towers at smaller airports in the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018 that passed the House of Representatives.
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