In the News
May 20, 2014
This month, BPC highlights Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Joe Heck (R-NV) for their bipartisan effort to improve the U.S. economy and create jobs by making it easier for foreign visitors to travel to the U.S. The Congressmen have worked together to introduce H.R. 1354, the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act.
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Government Transparency
May 13, 2014
For living up his billing as co-chairman of the House’s Congressional Transparency Caucus, we award our Public Service Spotlight to Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL).
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Government Transparency
May 4, 2014
Also this year, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) has written a bill that would at least post all the reports on a public Web site so the public can read them.“This information could help other people,” Quigley said. “It could help farmers. It could help businesses.”
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Government Transparency
April 30, 2014
"I hope it’s a temporary setback, I mean obviously a majority of the votes came from democrats, they came about six votes short of the number they needed to take this bill up. It’s something that’s long overdue, I anticipate they’ll overcome this hurdle, it’s the right thing to do."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 30, 2014
"Despite the fact that they have Russian troops massing on the boarders, internal Russian aggression, an economy that needed to be bailed out. Prior to this revolution, wide-spread corruption, energy needs, it’s still a country very optimistic. It sees itself on the brink of a real democratic republic."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 26, 2014
"It’s a country full of turmoil. Certainly a lot working against them. Before this happened they had an economy that needed a bailout. Extraordinary corruption, their President left, fled the country, and they’re facing military aggression from Russia."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 25, 2014
"Well it’s clearly a country on edge, at the same time, talking to the public and cultural and political leaders, it is a country that is facing an underdog’s role with extraordinary optimism."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 22, 2014
"If you walk through the streets here, and other cities, you know, this is their turning point."
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 18, 2014
Congressman Quigley talks to Carol Marin about the situation in Ukraine.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
April 1, 2014
"It's troubling that for the third year in a row, the President's budget proposal funds nuclear weapons programs at the expense of virtually every nonproliferation effort. Maintaining our existing nuclear weapons stockpile is already unsustainable, and it makes little sense to increase investments in weapons that matter less and less for our national security."
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