Press Releases

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) went “undercover,” as part of his “Undercover Congressman” series, at Timeline Theatre Company in Lakeview as a production assistant, preparing the stage, lights and sound for a performance of “Inana.”

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), hosted a roundtable discussion with minority and women-owned businesses and transportation agencies about the need for a long-term, fully funded transportation bill and the effect it would have on Chicago’s economy.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and members of the Quiet Skies Caucus including Reps. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Steve Israel (NY-03), and Grace Meng (NY-06) sent a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-09) and Ranking Member Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) with recommendations for the 2015 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that would help address the harmful impacts of aircraft noise on communities across the country.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2016 Homeland Security appropriations bill that would prohibit the detention of immigrant children and families in our nation’s immigration detention centers, saving over $345 million in taxpayer dollars from family detention and reinvesting that money into more humane and cost-effective Alternatives to Detention.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2016 Homeland Security appropriations bill that would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit Poland as a program country under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Barbara Lee (CA-13), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and 79 of their congressional colleagues sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency's draft guidance document, which, if finalized, would change the blood donation policy for men who have sex with men (MSM) from a lifetime ban to a one-year deferral from the donor's last sexual contact with another man.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, Jared Polis (CO-02), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), and Mike Honda (CA-17), along with 64 of their Democratic colleagues, today urged the Department of Education to step up efforts to protect LGBT students from the damaging effects of discrimination and bullying.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Ash Carter issuing two directives to update their policy on transgender individuals in the military.