Press Releases

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined the University of Chicago Harris School to host “The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Establishing Sustainable Security Policy,” a panel discussion on reforming U.S. nuclear weapons policy to fit our current budgetary and national security environment.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) received the American Bar Association’s ABA Justice Award for his leadership on criminal justice issues and promoting access to our justice system.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill to the full House, which included language Rep. Quigley requested that would improve public access to legislative information.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta about the agency’s progress on updating the 65 Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) metric used to measure noise effects on individuals due to aviation activities.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke to OutLaw, an organization for LGBT students at the University of Chicago Law School, highlighting the need to reevaluate the FDA’s blood donation criteria that unfairly discriminates against men who have sex with men (MSM).

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Congressman Mike Quigley (IL - 5th), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Kirk (IL-R) today announced the allocation of 110 new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers for the Chicago area as a result of funding included in the omnibus appropriations bill earlier this year.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Dan Lipinski (IL-03), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Danny K. Davis (IL-07) asked for a meeting with BP after oil from BP’s Whiting refinery in Indiana spilled into Lake Michigan earlier this week.

U.S. Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) hosted a Congressional Transparency Caucus briefing on the need to promote open government data to enhance government transparency and fuel economic growth and job creation.