Press Releases
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after PAWS Chicago and the Chicago French Bulldog Rescue announced that they had reached an agreement with the CDC to allow a group of rescued French bulldog puppies to remain in the United States receiving care. Quigley became involved in the French bulldog rescue process last week after being notified by a constituent about the issue.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the bipartisan Health and Fitness Recovery Act of 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, health and fitness centers have been forced to close their doors, causing turmoil throughout the industry and putting thousands of jobs at risk.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a COVID-19 relief bill, the updated Heroes Act, which would provide Americans with an additional round of stimulus checks, extend the highly successful Payroll Support Program to keep airline industry workers paid, and make good on House Democrats' promise to compromise with Republicans.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Fred Upton (R-MI), today introduced a bipartisan bill, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the State Department to work with international partners to shut down commercial wildlife markets, end the trade in live wildlife for human consumption and stop the associated wildlife trade, end the import, export, and sale of live wildlife for human consumption in the United States, and phase out demand for wildlife as a food source.
Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have introduced legislation to prepare the nation's power grids to affordably and reliably deliver clean energy.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a Vice-Chair of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus, continued his history of pressing the FAA on their unsatisfactory response to concerns about air traffic noise around O'Hare International Airport and other airports around the country. Quigley, who has long pressured Dickson and the FAA to provide a more adequate response to residents, increased his pressure on Dickson during a virtual meeting this week between the Administrator and the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley and Jan Schakowsky, along with members of the Illinois Delegation, and alumni of Loyola University Chicago, introduced a resolution honoring Loyola's 150th Anniversary, which officially took place earlier this month on September 5, 2020.
Today, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) to increase transparency regarding the federal government's expenditure of taxpayer dollars, passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Global Learning Loss Assessment Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation aims to identify the scope of one of the most significant secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: education loss.