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One of the leading voices in Congress for the adoption of digital identifications said a federal agency is needed to verify the security of the software and hardware underpinning mobile phones and other authentication technologies.
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WIFR) - In response to the Trump administration's Big Beautiful Bill, Congressman Bill Foster and State Representative Dave Vella co-hosted a town hall Wednesday night.
At an event in Geneva on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, slammed the Trump administration’s recently-passed federal “Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In particular, he criticized the changes it includes for SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food assistance to low-income individuals across the country.
The Trump administration’s proposal to cut the U.S. National Science Foundation budget by 56% has invoked concerns from universities - but they are hardly the only constituency bucking the move.