AFSCME urges votes for health care reform plan Nov 5, 2009
Jerry Costello of Belleville and other Illinois Democrats. U.S. Rep. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Related: Illinois politicians react to Kennedy death Aug 27, 2009
" U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville "There has been no greater legislator over the last half century than Senator Kennedy. He influenced every major piece of legislation over that period, due in large part to his ability to reach across the aisle in a bipartisan way to forge consensus. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Ill. lawmakers opt against health-care forums Aug 13, 2009
Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, and Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, have opted not to host town hall meetings about health care, preferring to hear from constituents by appointment or in small groups. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Cahokia airport to start $4.6M stimulus project Jul 7, 2009
Jerry Costello, D-12th District, in Illinois. Costello, who chairs the House Aviation Subcommittee, is scheduled to make remarks at the groundbreaking event. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
FAA gives Scottt and MidAmerica $1.5 million Jun 4, 2009
Jerry Costello, D-Belleville. said the grant will be used to rehabilitate one runway, rehabilitate the lighting and monitoring system to improve lighting reliability in the aircraft movement area and acquire an aircraft deicing vehicle capable of serving wide body planes. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Congressmen hit use of foreign steel Mar 20, 2009
Jerry Costello said the pipes are a perfect example of how trade laws are failing workers. Republican Congressman John Shimkus said bringing in foreign steel is a slap in the face to the hard-working men and women out of work from local steel mills. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
COLUMN: Here's a shocker: DOE, FutureGen should be talking Mar 14, 2009
Jerry Costello and U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson were outraged. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Lawmakers: DOE head knew figures were wrong Mar 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. Illinois Congressman Jerry Costello was outraged when he heard testimony Wednesday that U.S. Department of Energy officials were wrong on their cost estimates for the proposed FutureGen power plant in Mattoon and used those flawed numbers to cancel the effort. A General Accounting Office (GAO) investigation revealed DOE cost estimates in 2007 were off by 500 million, which undermines the claim the project had more than doubled in costs to 1. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
