Press Releases
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, and Val Demings (FL-10) introduced the Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020, which would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its outdated blood donation guidance.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) introduced the Reducing Nefarious Crimes Act – or RNC Act – to increase penalties for violating the Hatch Act and make it clear that the American people take ethics in government seriously. The Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from using their official roles for campaign purposes.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) supported the passage of H.R. 7617, the FY 2021 Six-Bill Appropriations Minibus, which is the second funding package taken up by the House.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government, released the following statement after Senate Republicans included $1.75 billion for the reconstruction of FBI headquarters in their coronavirus relief proposal:
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed H.R. 7608 – the fiscal year 2021 State-Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Interior-Environment, and Military Construction-VA appropriations bills – which included initiatives championed by Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05).
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after President Trump announced plans to deploy federal agents to Chicago and other cities around the country:
Amendment was included in the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) successfully championed an amendment in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to provide service members with masks during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the passing of civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released a statement after receiving a letter from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that failed to adequately address concerns about their Animal Welfare Act (AWA) enforcement.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, successfully introduced an amendment to prohibit funding for ICE’s “Citizen Academy” pilot program from the Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security funding bill.