Press Releases
Today, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) alongside Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA), reintroduced the Promising Pathway Act. This bill would create a quick, provisional approval pathway for promising drugs able to treat life-threatening conditions.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on recent events in Russia:
“Sixteen months since Putin launched his invasion, Ukraine remains united while Russia has never been more divided. We have now seen that the strength and power of the Russian army was merely a façade. And this past weekend revealed that Putin is not as invulnerable as we once thought.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, released the following statement on the reintroduction of the Equality Act in the House of Representatives:
“At a time when the assault on LGBTQI+ Americans by the far right grows more dangerous each day, the Equality Act is more important than ever.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives in defense of Representative Adam Schiff (CA-30) amidst GOP efforts to censure him. Quigley and Schiff served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for eight years and worked closely together during the first impeachment investigation of former President Donald Trump.
Video of Quigley’s speech is available HERE.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Morgan Griffith (VA-9) reintroduced the bipartisan Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act. This cost-neutral legislation requires that each public building constructed, acquired, or significantly altered by the General Services Administration incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features, to the maximum extent possible. Quigley first introduced this bill in 2010 during the 111th Congress.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the first impeachment panel of Donald Trump and author of the Classified Documents Accountability Act, released the following statement on the indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges:
“It has been clear to me that Donald Trump deliberately violated the law, and the law is now holding him accountable despite his efforts to use his presidential campaign to shield himself.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bill Keating (D-MA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) introduced the Ukrainian Adjustment Act, to bring stability to the lives of Ukrainians who reside in the U.S. on humanitarian parole.
Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Andy Harris (R-MD-01) – released the following statement on the breached Kakhovka Dam emergency.
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with the 14 Democratic members of the Illinois delegation, today sent a follow-up letter to U.S.