Press Releases
January 16, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) took his “Mike on the Move” transportation initiative back to Chicago’s rails, highlighting a tangled web of tracks at the 75th Street Corridor that causes congestion and delays for Amtrak, Metra and freight alike.
Issues:
Appropriations
January 16, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced that York Community High School teacher Patty Iverson, of Elmhurst, Illinois, will be his guest to the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 20th.
Issues:
Education
January 14, 2015
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) was appointed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).
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January 13, 2015
U.S. Representative and Appropriations Committee member Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined House Democrats at the Capitol to urge the House Majority to pass a clean Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill without the inclusion of harmful anti-immigrant amendments.
Issues:
Immigration
January 12, 2015
Mary Howe, president and CEO of Howe Corporation, a business in Illinois’ Fifth District, was appointed to the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ (Ex-Im Bank) Advisory Committee. Now in its 32nd year, the Congressionally-established Advisory Committee advises Ex-Im Bank on its policies and programs, in particular on the extent to which the Bank provides competitive financing to support American jobs through exports.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
January 9, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with 18 other original cosponsors, including Rep. Dave Joyce (OH-14), Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-25), and Rep. Sandy Levin (MI-09), introduced bipartisan legislation that would formally authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) at $300 million for the next five years.
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January 9, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined 78 other House members to introduce the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), a bill to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and ensure that all legally-married, same-sex couples are treated equally under federal law.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
December 23, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policy change of the blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men (MSM) from lifetime ban to one-year deferral.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
December 18, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) worked alongside Bittersweet Pastry Shop employees to help them prepare holiday orders by working in the cookie decorating room, mixing cake batter, finishing cupcakes and serving customers as part of his Undercover Congressman series.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
December 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), led a letter with 75 of their congressional colleagues calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to replace the outdated and discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) with a policy based on individual risk factors.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights