In the News
November 24, 2017
"As a 10-year criminal defense attorney I can tell you it's not uncommon for defense attorney teams to share information. Obviously if one of those teams decides to cooperate and to enter into plea negotiations, that's going to end because of the obvious conflict of interest. There is absolutely no way to know for sure that that's what's happening in this case. It's an indication that it might be and we'll leave it to Mr. Mueller's team to take it forward."
November 20, 2017
"The original co-sponsors of the resolution are Reps. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) as well as Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)."
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
November 7, 2017
"If we look at the recent mass shootings in Sutherland Springs, Orlando, and the Congressional Baseball Game practice, we see a noticeable trend: all these shooters acted alone and had prior history of domestic violence," Quigley said in a statement.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
November 4, 2017
"The text of that interview with the House Intelligence Committee will be available very, very soon. It's probably six hours worth of discussions. If that snippet gave anybody a headache, wait until you read six hours of it."
November 3, 2017
“We’re now talking about six different people who are Trump associates,” Quigley said. “Just remember that the president’s son acknowledged that he wanted to meet with the Russians… we just talked about Cambridge Analytica, Mr. Kushner, after the election, trying to set up a back-channel meeting.”
November 3, 2017
"The list goes on. At some point in time, the Trump administration should stop calling this a witch hunt, because after all, the first witches were bagged earlier this week. Tell us exactly what took place."
November 2, 2017
Democratic Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois asked about the likelihood that many foreign-bought ads still haven’t been found.
Issues:
October 31, 2017
"Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., whose district includes the stadium, told a local radio station: "Forty-two thousand people is an attractive target for people who want to hurt us." Windy City officials are leaving the streets open for now, but have conducted "traffic slowdowns" on the roadways. They have also installed concrete bollards to help separate pedestrians from passing vehicles. Cubs officials hope Boston's decision to shut down vehicular traffic near Fenway might spur Chicago officials to reconsider their decision."
Issues:
October 31, 2017
"Back in 2003, then-Commissioner Mike Quigley suggested the county’s four mosquito abatement districts be absorbed by the county to enable better communication and coordination and potentially find efficiencies in the operation of the districts. Despite the issue resurfacing a number of times in the decade or more since Quigley’s report, these independent taxing districts still exist, as do a number of other special districts."
October 30, 2017
“From a campaign point of view, there was none higher, at least the point he was there, than Paul Manafort. There’s a strange mixture of Trump associates, his campaign, financing, Russia, and laundering money,” he said.