{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-honored-by-lake-county-board-of-directors-with-resolution-recognizing-his-decades-of-service-to-illinois", "Durbin Honored By Lake County Board Of Directors With Resolution Recognizing His Decades Of Service To Illinois", "2026-08-11", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Richard J. Durbin", "D000563", "www.durbin.senate.gov", "durbin", "https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUKEGAN \u2013 U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today was honored by the Lake County Board of Directors during their monthly board meeting with a resolution recognizing his decades of service to Illinois. In addition to applauding his efforts to expand health care and advance medical and scientific research, the resolution highlighted Durbin\u2019s championing of legislation and initiatives that supported Lake County. More than $1 billion in federal grants have been awarded within the county since Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) while Durbin has been in office.\n\nThe end of the resolution read: \u201cBe it recognized, that this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, and the people of Illinois are grateful for Senator Durbin\u2019s integrity, leadership, and decades of dedicated public service; and be it further recognized, that the Lake County Board does hereby honor Senator Richard J. \u2018Dick\u2019 Durbin for his extraordinary service to the State of Illinois and the nation and extends our sincere gratitude and best wishes upon his retirement from the United States Senate.\u201d\n\nFollowing the passage of the resolution, Durbin briefly reflected on his efforts to secure federal funding for Lake County infrastructure.\n\n\u201cIt has been a great opportunity to serve a lot of people\u2014to do things that are good on a large scale for a great state like Illinois. We always work closely with the leaders in local government regardless of their party affiliation. It makes no difference the day after the election as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d Durbin said. \u201cThanks for this great honor and recognition. I\u2019m glad to be part of an effective government unit. I still have five or six months at this job and I\u2019m planning on running through the tape. So, I thank you all very much.\u201d\n\nPhotos from the event are available here.\n\nText of the resolution is available here.\n\nDurbin has secured $1.08 billion in earmarks across the county during his Senate tenure. Durbin has been an outspoken advocate for Lake County\u2019s Great Lakes Naval Station, and he has brought more than $900 million in federal investment to the station.\n\nDurbin has also secured more than $145 million in announced funding for transportation and infrastructure projects in Lake County, which includes funding for the Cedar Lake Road alignment project, Waukegan National Airport, and Metra projects.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-08-14T06:13:05Z", "2026-08-14T06:14:08Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-honored-by-lake-county-board-of-directors-with-resolution-recognizing-his-decades-of-service-to-illinois"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6045880038291216, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}