Press Releases
February 13, 2019
Rep. Quigley, who serves as Chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced the bipartisan Electronic Court Records Reform Act (ECRRA) to eliminate the paywall on public court records and modernize the website that provides access to federal court filings and case records.
Issues:
Government Transparency
February 11, 2019
Rep. Quigley released the following statement in opposition to anti-Semitic comments made over Twitter by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar:
February 6, 2019
Rep. Quigley, who serves as a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), joined Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) in reintroducing the bipartisan Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act (GLFRA).
Issues:
Appropriations
Energy / Environment
February 5, 2019
Rep. Quigley participated in a polling place training session, where new Judges of Election are trained to manage precinct polling places.
Issues:
Defense & National Security
February 4, 2019
Rep. Quigley, who serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), will bring Chante Copeland-Smith as his guest to President Trump’s State of the Union address. An Individual Tax Advisory Specialist working in a Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) for sixteen years, Ms. Copeland-Smith was furloughed during the entire thirty-five day shutdown
Issues:
Appropriations
Economy and Jobs
February 2, 2019
Rep. Quigley joined local climate leaders and environmental experts for a panel discussion on the causes, consequences, and solutions for climate change.
Issues:
Energy / Environment
January 31, 2019
Rep. Quigley, who serves as Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and Vice Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing, led a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson on his agency’s ongoing failure to meet the deadline for review of crucial LGBT nondiscrimination guidance documents.
Issues:
Appropriations
LGBTQI+ Rights
January 30, 2019
Rep. Quigley, who serves as a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), reintroduced the cost-neutral, bipartisan Bird-Safe Buildings Act.
Issues:
Appropriations
January 29, 2019
Rep. Quigley (IL-05) and Rep. Lawrence (MI-14) introduced the Get the Lead Out of Schools Act, a bill that requires the EPA to establish a lead contamination testing program for all schools and creates a grant program to help school districts conduct lead testing and assist with remediation efforts.
Issues:
January 23, 2019
Rep. Quigley, co-founder and co-chair of the Transparency Caucus, re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA) to improve the public and congressional staff’s access to reports mandated by Congress through the establishment of a searchable central website managed by the GPO.
Issues:
Government Transparency