Government Transparency

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement regarding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Following repeated reports of sexual abuse in the immigration detention system by the Heartland Alliance, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate and offer possible remedies to improve conditions at Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and those with which they contract.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced the results of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General investigation he requested which found Cook County's Project Shield program mismanaged $45 million in federal grant funding that was intended to support first responder efforts during acts of terrorism and other disasters.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to end deceptive federal accounting practices and bring much-needed transparency and accountability to billions of dollars in annual spending.

Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) to fight public corruption was approved by the House Judiciary Committee as part of the Clean Up Government Act (H.R. 2572).

"These measures will ensure the committees process and final product is free from the question of undue influence and special interest intervention."

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reform Task Force's recommendations.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) submitted a detailed budget plan to the newly-appointed Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly referred to as the "Super Committee", whose membership was finalized this morning