Government Transparency

Mike argues for state pension reform in the face of accumulated debt crises and rejects call for states to declare bankruptcy.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) as the Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs in the 112th Congress. Quigley's appointment comes just 21 months after he was elected to Congress, the fewest of any ranking member on the committee.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) proposal to make all earmark requests in the 112th Congress public was rebuffed by the new House leadership.

"Its time to step back, evaluate our global needs and build a military to match those needsas if we were starting from scratch. Everything our military does must be measured against the benchmark of 'Do we need this to keep America safe?'"

"At a time of limited resources, it is vital that all of our foreign contracts be held to the strictest scrutiny and utmost accountability."

U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced an amendment that would prohibit any federally appropriated highway funds from being used to prevent states from enacting anti-pay-to-play laws. Pay-to-play is a practice where campaign contributions are exchanged for profitable government contracts.