Government Transparency
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump based on two articles of impeachment:
"Today, I cast my vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump because if Congress did not hold this President accountable for his actions, we would have forsaken our duty, betrayed our oaths of office, and sent the message that some people can avoid justice.
"No one is above the law.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government (FSGG), released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, the fiscal year 2020 funding packages:
"House Democrats have secured a strong, bipartisan funding agreement that protects our nation and upholds American values.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after the Committee released their draft report on the impeachment inquiry:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Ambassador Kurt Volker, Former U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, during a House impeachment hearing. Under Quigley's questioning, Volker, who was called as a witness by Republicans, testified that when he pressed Ukrainian President Zelensky's aides not to prosecute their political opponents, Zelensky's aide replied, "What, you mean like asking us to investigate Clinton and Biden?"
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and chair of the Transparency Caucus, re-introduced the Transparency in Government Act (TGA) to increase access, accountability, and transparency in every branch of the federal government.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Marie "Masha" Yovanovitch, Former Ambassador to Kyiv, Ukraine, during the second day of public hearings in the House of Representatives Impeachment Inquiry. Quigley asked Yovanovitch about the impact of President Trump's recalling on her career. He also questioned the former Ambassador about advice she was given by Ambassador Gordon Sondland on how to keep her job in the face of President Trump's attacks.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.Res. 660, a resolution establishing rules for the next steps in the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump's abuses of power:
"Today's vote was a critical next step in the House's ongoing investigation into the President of the United States. This resolution provides us with a path forward as we move toward the public phase of the inquiry and provides both Congressional Republicans and the President with rights in these proceedings.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Doug Collins (GA-09) introduced the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act (H.R. 4894), which gives the public access to how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. This bill would improve government transparency by requiring federal agencies to post their congressional budget justifications on a centralized, searchable website, including each agency's own website.
Last week, Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced the Preserve Science in Policymaking Act of 2019. The bill would prevent the President from unilaterally dissolving Federal Advisory Committees – groups of scientists and academics that advise the executive branch on how to make their regulations evidence-based – without the approval of apolitical civil servants and a public notice and comment period.