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October 30, 2017
“I don’t think that the House or Senate investigations are going to stand down” said Quigley. “I think what’s important is that we not get in the way of each other. I do think that that Mr. Mueller and leadership on those committees are being very helpful in coordinating to make sure that that doesn’t happen. One of the reasons the House and Senate shouldn’t stand down is, in all frankness, this President has made noises about trying to shut down the Mueller investigation and at least one of them or two of them have to keep going.”
October 30, 2017
"Quigley said the indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on charges related to earlier work on behalf of Russia in Ukraine—and news that former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia—are initial actions on "a long road. . . .It's probably closer to the beginning than the end."
October 19, 2017
"We have contacted helicopter operators regarding operations in the vicinity of Wrigley Field. We advised them to vary their altitudes and flight paths in order to operate in a more neighborly fashion."
Issues:
Transportation
October 17, 2017
The Supreme Court denied a request that Connolly and Poe made with Reps. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) for the court to provide live audio of the Oct. 3 arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a potential landmark case challenging partisan gerrymandering.
Issues:
Government Transparency
October 10, 2017
“We can’t let the slaughter continue,” Quigley told the crowd. “Does life mean that little to you?” he asked after describing his experience at an Indiana gun show where an assault weapon was raffled off. “To the NRA I ask, does life mean that little to you? To my friends who won’t act, sadly my Republican friends in Congress, does life mean that little to you?”
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
October 10, 2017
"Unfortunately, this decision by the majority stands in stark contrast to how they've treated other evidence in this investigation by first requesting voluntary compliance instead of jumping straight to subpoenas," Quigley said in a statement provided to Business Insider.
October 9, 2017
“Does life mean that little to you?” Quigley said, after recounting his experience at an Indiana gun show where a high-powered rifle was being raffled off for $1 tickets. “To the NRA I ask, does life mean that little to you? To my friends who won’t act, sadly my Republican friends in Congress, does life mean that little to you?
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
October 6, 2017
“I think we all should anticipate and understand and assume that the threats are national and that they will go after our largest cities and our softest targets,” he said. “Chicago is obviously a target. We have many soft targets.”
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
October 5, 2017
"I just read the Facebook ads and watched some of them, as well -- the Twitter ads, as well. And it’s clear they were using the most divisive issues they possibly could," House Intelligence Committee Democrat Mike Quigley of Illinois said on Bloomberg TV Thursday. “The real issue would be how did they target.”
October 3, 2017
“It is a statistical fact that we are way ahead on gun violence than the rest of the world. The point is regardless we still have to begin to address it. Just to say, ‘Well there’s nothing you can do’, it doesn’t really help the situation. The fact of the matter is, we at least can try to mitigate this as we’ve tried to mitigate all disasters.”
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention