Transportation
January 17, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool today said that as the only transit system currently accepted into the FTA’s Core Capacity Program, the CTA is poised to benefit from the infusion of funding included in the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which was passed on a bipartisan Senate vote yesterday and now moves to President Obama’s desk for his signature.
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Transportation
January 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement regarding the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which passed the House by a vote of 359-67.
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Economy and Jobs
Transportation
December 23, 2013
Every day some 2,500 flights land and take off at O’Hare International Airport, with more than 66 million passengers passing through its terminals in 2012. By any measure O’Hare is integral to the nation’s commercial air traffic network, with delays there reverberating across the country.
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Transportation
December 12, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to highlight the growing concerns from communities surrounding Chicago O’Hare Airport that are experiencing a severe increase in noise pollution and air traffic stemming from the O’Hare Modernization Program.
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Transportation
December 6, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced the introduction of the Silent Skies Act (H.R. 3650), legislation to reduce noise pollution and improve the quality of life for those who live near airports.
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Transportation
October 30, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and 80 bipartisan Members of the House of Representatives introduced H.R. 3361, the USA FREEDOM Act: United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act. H.R. 3361 seeks to restore Americans’ privacy rights by ending the government’s bulk collection of phone records and requiring increased government oversight and public scrutiny of the government’s domestic surveillance programs.
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October 14, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) to further examine ways to mitigate O’Hare Airport noise pollution resulting from the new runways opening this week as part of the O’Hare Modernization Program.
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Transportation
September 28, 2013
As a recent letter to the editor correctly observes, I am in favor of modernizing O'Hare International Airport.
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Transportation
September 5, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and University of Illinois President Robert A. Easter gathered local transportation leaders for a roundtable discussion to examine sustainable transportation in Chicago and discuss ways the federal government can support local initiatives.
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Appropriations
Energy / Environment
July 30, 2013
"This bill is being touted as a budgetary trade-off, but there are no trade offs in this bill, there are only cuts. Investments in our infrastructure are needed more than ever, yet this bill makes some of the most significant cuts to vital transportation programs in decades." '
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