Press Releases
August 27, 2012
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Senator Dick Durbin (IL) held a congressional field forum to explore the impact of the growing student loan debt on families and the economy.
Issues:
Education
August 2, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) voted to expand sanctions against Iran, putting economic pressure on the country to abandon efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
July 24, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement, encouraging his colleagues in Congress to open a dialog and find the common ground on gun policy.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
July 19, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) moved to protect cancer patients from an effort which would otherwise ban all abortions in the District of Columbia (DC) after twenty weeks of pregnancy with extremely limited exceptions.
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
Health Care
July 10, 2012
In an effort to increase transparency and access to congressional research services, Reps. Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Leonard Lance (NJ-07) announced they have introduced the “Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2012.”
Issues:
Government Transparency
June 28, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision.
Issues:
Health Care
Government Transparency
June 21, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (H.R. 4480) mandating stronger consideration of environmental impact and protection before drilling for oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Issues:
June 12, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) decided to see for himself if, as the saying goes, making sausage was like making laws when he toured and worked at the Vienna Beef headquarters on Chicago's north side.
June 8, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) urged his colleagues to include legislation he authored to fight pay-to-play contracting practices within the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill (H.R. 4348), currently under consideration in a bipartisan conference committee of House and Senate leaders.
Issues:
Government Transparency
June 8, 2012
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Senator John Kerry (MA) offered support for new research and urged revising an outdated policy banning gay and bisexual men from donating blood.