Press Releases
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban-Development Subcommittee, announced that he has secured $12,523,436 for Community Funding Projects in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations government funding package. The funding, which passed out of the House today, is expected to pass out of the Senate and be signed into law by President Biden later this week.
Today, Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced legislation to rename a section of the street near the Russian Ambassador to the United States’ residence as “Alexei Navalny Way.” Navalny was an opposition leader and anticorruption activist who led the political opposition against Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than a decade. Putin tried to silence him by poison and later by imprisonment in remot
To mark two years since the start of Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine the bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) have introduced H.Res.
Today Congressman Mike Quigley, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and co-chair of the Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Bill Keating, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, and Congressman Jim McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, introduced the Ukraine War Risk Insurance Act of 2024.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), released the following statement in response to vehicles in Lincoln Park being targeted with antisemitic flyers:
“Like my neighbors, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted by these acts. We cannot stand by silently while our Jewish friends and neighbors are targeted with such abhorrent rhetoric. Those responsible for these acts must be held accountable. Antisemitism and all forms of hate must be condemned and eliminated.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees calling for the allocation of $150 million for the 2024 presidential candidate nominating conventions. Specifically, the letter asks that $75 million be dedicated to each host city to cover security costs. Necessary costs range from purchasing technology to detect bomb threats, police overtime pay, travel and more.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, joined a small group of senior Democratic members in a closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The meeting comes at an urgent moment as Ukraine is seeking additional aid in its war against Putin.
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) today announced $93,600,000 for the Chicago Hub Improvement Project (CHIP) through the U.S.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, spoke on the House Floor about the need to continue aiding Ukraine in their war against Russia:
In all my years as a member of the Appropriations Committee, never before have I witnessed such blatant attacks on the LGBTQI+ community. Over the past year, I’ve sat through bill markups where my colleagues across the aisle have demonized these individuals simply for who they love or how they identify. MAGA Republicans have put dangerous policy riders in our funding bills – using LGBTQI+ individuals as pawns in their political games. It’s unsettling at best, dangerous at worst.