Press Releases

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court:

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, is circulating a draft letter to the Biden administration calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be granted to Ukrainians amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. TPS provides protection from deportation for individuals of a country where conditions prevent them from returning. The bipartisan letter is currently co-led by Congressional Ukraine Caucus co-chairs U.S.

Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) – released the following statement regarding Russia's attack on Ukraine.

This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with 34 members of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and the Congressional Ukraine Caucus sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to take steps to protect LGBTQ+ individuals and other minorities in Ukraine. In the letter, Members noted the additional risks the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized communities are likely to face now that an invasion by Russia has begun.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, released the following statement after Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Ukraine:

"Tonight, Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine begins a war of choice entirely of President Putin's making, despite months of intense diplomacy. The price that Ukrainians will pay for that choice is unfathomable.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released a statement after the Kremlin published decrees ordering the invasion of Ukraine:

"Let me be clear—no matter what pretext they may claim, today the Kremlin ordered an invasion of Ukraine. Donetsk and Luhansk are part of Ukraine, not Russian fiefdoms. Any deployment of troops to those regions is an unprovoked violation of an independent nation's territorial sovereignty the likes of which we have not seen since World War II.

Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD), released the following statement regarding Russia's illegal recognition of the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk and imminent deployment of troops to Ukrainian territory.

Yesterday, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) voted in favor of the Postal Service Reform Act, which would make significant financial and operational reforms to the United States Postal Service. In recent years, residents in and around Chicago have experienced increasingly significant issues with mail and package delivery, leading Quigley to champion a wide variety of efforts to improve USPS performance.