Press Releases
March 20, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced the launch of the House Student App Challenge, the first annual Congressional science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academic competition for high school students in the 5th Congressional District. Designed to promote innovation and engagement in the STEM education fields, this competition is a nationwide event that invites students to create and exhibit their software application, or “app,” for mobile, tablet or computer devices on a platform of their choice.
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Education
March 14, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) led a letter with 26 of his colleagues urging Secretary of State John Kerry to oppose the harmful Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that approval of the pipeline would be extremely detrimental to the environment.
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March 13, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) introduced the Transparency in Government Act (TGA), a wide-ranging good government reform bill that will bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.
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Government Transparency
March 6, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 4152, a bipartisan bill making critical U.S. loan guarantees available for Ukraine.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
March 4, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Gary Peters (MI-14) called for a federal investigation to review the best practices for transporting and storing petroleum coke (petcoke) and to further study the potential health and environmental hazards associated with the oil tar sands by-product. Quigley and Peters sent a letter with nine of their colleagues to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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March 1, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and a team of Chicago Blackhawks alumni and local celebrities faced off against the USA Warriors Standing Team in a hockey game.
February 27, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) used his time in the Appropriations Committee hearing to question Commissioner John Koskinen on the steps the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is taking to help same-sex married couples file federal taxes.
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Appropriations
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement supporting LGBT concerns being addressed in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing taking place later today on the issue of solitary confinement in our federal prison system.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) congratulated Chicago’s UI LABS for winning a $70 million dollar grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund the Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute, an applied research lab that will develop and distribute digital manufacturing technologies.
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Economy and Jobs
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined House and Senate colleagues to send a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on EPA to take more aggressive action to cut down on production HCFC-22, an industrial “super pollutant” that does 1,800 times more damage to the climate that carbon dioxide.
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