Press Releases

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Nita Lowey (NY-17) urged the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to include education and distance learning opportunities for children in USAID's response to COVID-19. In a letter to USAID Administrator Mark Andrew Green, the lawmakers argued that 1.5 billion student's education has been interrupted by the pandemic.

Today the leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler a letter condemning the Agency's March 26 memorandum announcing that the EPA will cease all enforcement actions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The letter sent today reads in part:

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) introduced the Mobilizing America to Help Act, which would direct President Trump to invoke his existing authority to detail Peace Corps volunteers who have returned to the US from their posts, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support emergency relief in the wake of COVID-19.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Rick Larsen (WA-02) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to overturn the FDA's outdated and discriminatory guidance on blood donation by men who have sex with men. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, Larsen and Quigley outlined the critical need for blood donations from all healthy donors, regardless of sexual orientation. Quigley has long championed a change in MSM blood donor policy.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Representative David Joyce (OH-14), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, are circulating a letter among House members urging House and Senate leadership to include direct funding for hospitals and health systems in the next supplemental spending package.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced that out of an abundance of caution and to protect the health of his staff and visitors, his Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices will be operating remotely.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), questioned Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russ Vought on OMB's decision to withhold foreign assistance from Ukraine while President Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine into opening investigations into his political rivals.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives to bring attention to how the increasing risk from coronavirus highlights the need for all Americans to have access to paid sick leave. The Center for Disease Control has advised any individuals experience symptoms to stay home from work, but millions of hard-working Americans are not offered paid sick leave by their employers. While members of Congress are able to self-quarantine or self-isolate as necessary, not all workers enjoy the same options.