Press Releases

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) legislation the bipartisan Big Cat Public Safety Act passed the House of Representatives. The Big Cat Public Safety Act, which was co-sponsored by more than half of the House, prohibits the private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers and curbs the exploitative industry of cub-petting.

This evening, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita M. Lowey, Oversight and Reform Committee's Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, and Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Rep.

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.