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Defense and Foreign Affairs

June 2, 2015
In the News
Rep.Quigley will accompany President Barack Obama at this weekend's G-7 summit meetings in Germany.
Issues: Defense and Foreign Affairs

May 19, 2015
In the News
Rep. Quigley wrote an article for the University of Chicago on international trade and environmental standards.
Issues: Defense and Foreign Affairs

May 14, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in response to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act passing the House.

March 17, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley, (IL-05) and Joe Heck (NV-03) introduced the Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act, a bipartisan effort to spur tourism, create jobs, reform outdated visa laws and increase national security.

March 17, 2015
In the News
“Increasing international travel opportunities and updating visa travel protocol will drive tourism dollars to cities across the country, including Chicago, which welcomed more than one million overseas visitors in 2013,” Quigley added. “Now is the time to pass the JOLT Act and modernize the Visa Waiver Program specifically, strengthening our national security and enhancing relationships with important allies like Poland.”
Issues: Defense and Foreign Affairs

February 7, 2015
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley applauded the announcement from the U.S. State Department on the creation of a new Special Envoy position to advocate for LGBT rights.

January 28, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, along with Reps. Sander Levin (D-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), all members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot and Member of Ukraine’s Parliament Nadiya Savchenko.

January 5, 2015
Editorials
What impact is U.S. investment in foreign aid having in far off, foreign countries? In D.C., we receive statistics about the impact of aid, but never get a face or a name of those affected by our help. Traveling to Cambodia, the largest single beneficiary of U.S. aid in maternal and neonatal health, changed that. That’s where we met Navy, a 30-year-old woman who lives with her 6-year-old daughter, Davin in Phnom Penh.
Issues: Defense and Foreign Affairs Health Care

December 3, 2014
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with a group of 10 bipartisan colleagues introduced HR. 5782 the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, the House companion bill to S. 2828, to provide for additional assistance to Ukraine, in the forms of humanitarian, energy and defense, while imposing additional sanctions on the Russian Federation.

September 18, 2014
Editorials
This month’s NATO Summit in Wales was a missed opportunity, as world leaders could have used this important gathering to begin the conversation of reinventing the outdated nuclear weapons strategies employed by the United States and NATO allies.
Issues: Appropriations Defense and Foreign Affairs