Press Releases

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.

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.

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.

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75 of their congressional colleagues calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to replace the outdated and discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) with a policy based on individual risk factors.

Illinois has lost one of its most colorful and dedicated elected leaders. Judy Baar Topinka left everyone she met laughing, her signature sense of humor preceding her. My thoughts and prayers are with her son, Joseph, and her many friends.

Rep. Mike Quigley, joined by Reps. Luis Gutiérrez, Bobby Rush, John Yarmuth, Jan Schakowsky and Robin Kelly, sent a letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro asking for a more open and transparent process in drafting the next Moving to Work (MTW) contract.

U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with a group of 10 bipartisan colleagues introduced HR. 5782 the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, the House companion bill to S. 2828, to provide for additional assistance to Ukraine, in the forms of humanitarian, energy and defense, while imposing additional sanctions on the Russian Federation.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley, Luis Gutiérrez, and Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy in support of the Agency’s consideration of a stronger standard for ground-level ozone (smog) pollution.