113th Congress
December 28, 2014
Malik, who lives in the impoverished, high-crime Englewood neighborhood on the South Side with his mother and two sisters, had only one wish this year when he participated in a local charity’s annual Letters to Santa program. It wasn’t electronics, nor clothes, nor games. “All I ask for is for safety. I just wanna be safe,” Malik wrote earlier this month.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
December 23, 2014
"Today's official policy change by the FDA on blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) from a lifetime ban to one-year deferral is disappointing. A time-based deferral focusing solely on men who have sex with men is still discriminatory and fails to exclude donors based on actual risk factors."
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LGBTQI+ Rights
December 23, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policy change of the blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men (MSM) from lifetime ban to one-year deferral.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
December 18, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) worked alongside Bittersweet Pastry Shop employees to help them prepare holiday orders by working in the cookie decorating room, mixing cake batter, finishing cupcakes and serving customers as part of his Undercover Congressman series.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
December 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), led a letter with 75 of their congressional colleagues calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to replace the outdated and discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) with a policy based on individual risk factors.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
December 14, 2014
Your Getting Around reporter recently sat down with Quigley, whose district includes much of Chicago's North Side, the area around O'Hare International Airport and several western suburbs.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
December 10, 2014
Illinois has lost one of its most colorful and dedicated elected leaders. Judy Baar Topinka left everyone she met laughing, her signature sense of humor preceding her. My thoughts and prayers are with her son, Joseph, and her many friends.
December 9, 2014
Following a report by DNAinfo Chicago about migratory bird deaths at Loyola University's lakeshore campus, Quigley said he'd renew efforts to get his bill, the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2013, passed.
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December 9, 2014
Rep. Mike Quigley, joined by Reps. Luis Gutiérrez, Bobby Rush, John Yarmuth, Jan Schakowsky and Robin Kelly, sent a letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro asking for a more open and transparent process in drafting the next Moving to Work (MTW) contract.
December 3, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley stood in support of the EPA’s proposal for a new standard on ground-level ozone pollution.
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