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February 23, 2015
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) was appointed Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus for the 114th Congress.
Issues: LGBTQI+ Rights

February 7, 2015
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley applauded the announcement from the U.S. State Department on the creation of a new Special Envoy position to advocate for LGBT rights.

February 6, 2015
Emerging Threats Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Quigley (IL-05), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (CA-22), Ranking Member Adam Schiff (CA-28), and Emerging Threats Subcommittee Chairman Tom Rooney (FL-17) issued the following statements in response to the FBI’s arrest of six U.S.-based individuals for attempting to provide material support to the ISIL terrorist organization.
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January 30, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley, Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Joe Heck (NV-03), introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring January as “National Blood Donor Month.” The resolution highlights the importance of volunteer blood donations to the national blood supply.
Issues: Health Care

January 28, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, along with Reps. Sander Levin (D-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), all members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot and Member of Ukraine’s Parliament Nadiya Savchenko.

January 27, 2015
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley, Chair of the Transparency Caucus and a practicing attorney before becoming a member of congress, held a briefing on the need for video and live audio in the Supreme Court.

January 23, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with his Democratic colleagues in the House, introduced the Student Loan Interest Deduction (SLID) Act.
Issues: Education

January 23, 2015
U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) visited Fresenius Kabi, a global health care company with operations in Melrose Park, as part of an ongoing effort to highlight the manufacturing industry in Illinois.

January 22, 2015
On the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-21), Donna F. Edwards (MD-04), and Jim McGovern (MA-02) to re-introduce the Democracy for All Amendment.

January 21, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) went “undercover” as a Redbox employee at their headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace.