Press Releases
October 23, 2015
Reps. Quigley, Carney, Duffy and Crenshaw, introduced the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015, which would establish an Office of Small Business Advocate at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
October 22, 2015
Reps. Quigley and Lance held a bipartisan briefing to discuss the distribution of non-confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports to the public during International Open Access Week.
Issues:
Government Transparency
October 21, 2015
Reps. Quigley, Newhouse, Lipinski and rail industry urged Congress to act immediately to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing positive train control (PTC) safety technology and prevent a shutdown of the nation’s passenger and freight rail system.
Issues:
Appropriations
October 15, 2015
Rep. Quigley and Senator Durbin met at the Center for Neighborhood Technology with Chicago residents whose homes or businesses have flooded as a result of urban flooding and discussed their bicameral Urban Flooding Awareness Act.
Issues:
Appropriations
October 8, 2015
Reps. Quigley, Connolly, Nadler, and Poe called for greater public access to our federal court deliberations with a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building.
Issues:
Government Transparency
October 6, 2015
Rep. Quigley co-authored H.R. 1217, the bipartisan King-Thompson background check legislation, officially known as the Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
October 5, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley went “undercover” as a corn farmer on Steve Ruh’s farm in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Issues:
Appropriations
September 30, 2015
Reps. Mike Quigley and Newhouse released the a statement applauding Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders’ introduction of H.R. 3651, Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015.
Issues:
Appropriations
September 30, 2015
Rep. Quigley, Senator Durbin and Reps. Duckworth, Foster, Lipinski, and Schakowsky announced that a Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General (IG) investigation concluded that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) contingency plans and security protocols were insufficient at Chicago air traffic control facilities at the time of a September 26, 2014 fire at the Aurora facility.
Issues:
September 29, 2015
Reps. Quigley and Newhouse led a bipartisan letter to House leadership urging Congress to extend the upcoming deadline for implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) safety technology and prevent a shutdown of the nation’s passenger and freight rail system.
Issues:
Appropriations