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November 1, 2018 Press Releases

CASTEN ENDORSED BY REPUBLICAN EPA DIRECTOR

(Downers Grove, IL) November 1, 2018 - Former E.P.A. Administrator under President George H. W. Bush, and senior staff member of the Council on Environmental Quality under President Richard Nixon, William K. Reilly penned an op-ed in Scientific American endorsing Sean Casten for Illinois' Sixth District. In response, Sixth District Candidate Sean Casten released the following statement:

November 1, 2018 Press Releases

DID PETER ROSKAM BREAK HOUSE RULES WITH TAXPAYER-FUNDED MAILERS?

(Downers Grove, IL) November 1, 2018 - Residents of the Sixth Congressional District received taxpayer-funded advertisements in the mail this week from Congressman Peter Roskam’s office in possible violation of House ethics rules. Members of Congress are prohibited from sending any unsolicited mass mailing to 500 or more people, a practice known as “franking,” within 90 days of an election. However, the mailer that voters received this past week promoting Roskam says it “was prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense” from Peter Roskam’s Congressional office. Pictures of the mailers are available here and here.

November 1, 2018 Press Releases

CASTEN, HIMES HOLD GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ROUNDTABLE

(Downers Grove, IL) November 1, 2018 - Sean Casten, Sixth District Candidate for Congress, joined Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, for a roundtable discussion with local activists, educators and members of the Sixth District on ways to reduce gun violence in America.

November 1, 2018 Press Releases

PHOTO: CASTEN JOINS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY

(Downers Grove, IL) October 31, 2018 - Today Sean Casten, Sixth District Candidate for Congress, joined Lauren Underwood, Fourteenth District Candidate for Congress, and Vice President Joe Biden at a Get Out The Vote Rally at the Kane County Fairgrounds in Saint Charles, Illinois. Following the rally, Sean released the following statement:

October 29, 2018 Press Releases

NEW AD: PETER ROSKAM VOTED TO CLOSE OFFICE INVESTIGATING HIM FOR POSSIBLE LEGAL & ETHICS VIOLATIONS

(Downers Grove, IL) October 29, 2018 - Today, the Casten for Congress campaign rolled out a digital ad, website, and mailer highlighting how Peter Roskam was investigated for improperly accepting tens of thousands of dollars worth of foreign travel from the Taiwanese government, which “may have violated federal law and House rules,” -- and how Roskam responded by attempting to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which launched the investigation of him and referred the allegations to the Congressional Ethics Committee for further review.

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