Defense and Foreign Affairs
September 16, 2014
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the need for further sanctions if President Putin continues to disregard Ukrainian sovereignty prior to Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine's, address to a Joint Session of Congress.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
September 10, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Sander M. Levin (D-MI) led 41 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging congressional leaders to invite Ukrainian President Petro O. Poroshenko to address a joint session of Congress during his upcoming visit to Washington, D.C.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
June 12, 2014
A defense bill approved by a House panel on Tuesday contains language that seeks to spotlight the costs of nuclear burden-sharing within NATO.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
June 10, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered language that was successfully included in the FY2015 Defense Appropriations bill calling on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies to provide proportional funding for forward deployed nuclear weapons in Europe.
April 30, 2014
"I hope it’s a temporary setback, I mean obviously a majority of the votes came from democrats, they came about six votes short of the number they needed to take this bill up. It’s something that’s long overdue, I anticipate they’ll overcome this hurdle, it’s the right thing to do."
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April 30, 2014
"In every generation we must bear witness to the events of the Holocaust to fully understand what transpired and to ensure that this would never happen again."
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April 30, 2014
"Despite the fact that they have Russian troops massing on the boarders, internal Russian aggression, an economy that needed to be bailed out. Prior to this revolution, wide-spread corruption, energy needs, it’s still a country very optimistic. It sees itself on the brink of a real democratic republic."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 29, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement following three days of meetings and travel within Ukraine.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 26, 2014
"It’s a country full of turmoil. Certainly a lot working against them. Before this happened they had an economy that needed a bailout. Extraordinary corruption, their President left, fled the country, and they’re facing military aggression from Russia."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 25, 2014
"Well it’s clearly a country on edge, at the same time, talking to the public and cultural and political leaders, it is a country that is facing an underdog’s role with extraordinary optimism."
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