Press Releases
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the passing of civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis:
"John Lewis's life defies description. He was a son of sharecroppers who grew to be a titan of the Civil Rights Movement and the conscience of the United States Congress. He was beaten bloody during the Freedom Rides and yet offered forgiveness to the Klansman who had attacked him. He taught us all how to fight for the soul of our democracy and, most importantly, how to get into ‘good trouble.'
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. In April, Quigley led a letter to the USDA expressing alarm over the agency's lax monitoring and enforcement of animal welfare standards by animal dealers and exhibitors.
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. The "Citizens Academy" is currently set to launch in Chicago this September and aims to train citizens to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants. If allowed to begin, the program would dangerously increase fear and discrimination against immigrant communities and lead to increased violence and racial profiling.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Roger Stone. Stone is a longtime political ally of Trump and was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering as part of Special Investigator Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the consolidated cases of Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Deutsche Bank, in which the Court asked the lower courts to further develop the record to assess the House's need for the President's financial records:
Today, an amendment based on U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) Bird-Safe Buildings Act passed the House of Representatives as part of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. The Bird-Safe Buildings Act would require that public building constructed, acquired, or significantly altered by the General Services Administration (GSA) incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features to reduce bird collisions.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) sent a letter calling for the resignation of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson and lambasting his Department's years long campaign of discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. Last week, media reports indicated that HUD is preparing to announce a proposed rule that would enable homeless shelters to discriminate against trans individuals based on whether shelter staff suspect an individual's biological sex may be different from the way they self-identify.
President Trump signed into law Tuesday the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act, the bipartisan bill Senate companion to U.S. Representative Mike Quigley H.R.3735, after receiving a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives. This legislation will establish a government data collection program to track suicides within law enforcement departments at the local, state, and federal levels.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced their decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination:
"Today, the Supreme Court chose equality over bigotry. This decision marks a historic victory for LGBTQ rights activists across the country and a momentous step forward in the fight to ensure that all Americans are treated fairly.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) led members of the Illinois House Delegation in a letter to Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation Omer Osman urging for the modification and reprioritization of transportation projects and programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Illinoisans are traveling differently and federal funds are limited for transportation systems, the letter calls for changes to the state's Rebuild Illinois capital program to adjust to the new reality.