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July 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced more than $31 million in grants from the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program to help fund long-term disaster recovery efforts after powerful storms and flooding ravaged areas throughout Chicago, Cook County and DuPage County in 2013.

July 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 5021 the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014.
Issues: Appropriations

July 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) co-introduced the Democracy for All Amendment with 108 cosponsors from the Democratic Caucus. H. J. Res. 119 is the House companion to S. J. Res. 19, the constitutional amendment slated for a historic vote in the U.S. Senate this year.

July 11, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) spoke out in support of the National Gay Blood Drive happening in 61 cities across America tomorrow, including at the Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago.

July 10, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) pushed the House to cut $7.6 million in excessive funding for next generation long-range cruise missile nuclear warheads.
Issues: Appropriations

July 3, 2014
U. S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced Trushitha Narla as the winner of the House Student App Challenge for Illinois’ 5th Congressional District. Narla’s app, Sign It!, translates numbers in sign language to a text format using leap motion technology that captures data from the user’s finger motions.
Issues: Education

June 30, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby to exempt closely held companies from providing contraception coverage to their employees.

June 25, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) fought against efforts to restrict the right to choose for women living in the District of Columbia during the Appropriation Committee’s consideration of the FY15 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Bill.

June 19, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) are urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct new public hearings and issue a new environmental impact study (EIS) of the O’Hare Modernization Program in response to increased noise pollution and questions raised over the hearings process.

June 16, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley worked alongside employees at Chicago’s Blue Cart Recycling, collecting recyclable materials and loading trucks as part of his Undercover Congressman series.