Press Releases
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
January 18, 2019
Rep. Quigley was elected to serve as a Member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agency Subcommittee on Appropriations.
Issues:
Appropriations
January 17, 2019
Rep. Quigley and Rep. Deutch reintroduced the "Buyback Our Safety Act," legislation that would create a Department of Justice program to support local gun buyback initiatives.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
January 17, 2019
Rep. Quigley met with Postmaster General Megan Brennan as a follow-up from previous phone calls and letters about rampant mail delivery issues in Illinois’ Fifth District.
January 16, 2019
Rep. Quigley was elected to serve as Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee on the powerful Appropriations Committee.