Press Releases
July 26, 2018
Rep. Quigley introduced the Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act, a bipartisan effort to increase national security, reform outdated visa laws, spur tourism and create jobs.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
July 25, 2018
Rep. Quigley offered an amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill to combat ICE’s inhumane and ineffective detention policy by moving funding to the Urban Area Security Initiative.
Issues:
Appropriations
Immigration
July 19, 2018
Rep. Quigley offered the Democratic Motion to Recommit (MTR) on his amendment to restore $380 million in election security grants for FY19.
July 18, 2018
Rep. Quigley released the following statement after White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorsed election security grants as an effective way to combat election interference.
July 18, 2018
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), joined five House and Senate Democrats in releasing a disturbing new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found only 43 percent of school districts nationwide tested for lead in their schools' drinking water in 2016 and 2017, and of those that tested, 37 percent found elevated lead levels. GAO found that 41 percent of school districts did not test for lead, while 16 percent did not know.
July 17, 2018
Rep. Quigley called on Republicans to pass his amendment to restore $380 million in election security funding, which he secured in the FY18 omnibus spending bill.
July 13, 2018
In the wake of an indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller detailing Russian intrusion into state election systems during the 2016 election, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Quigley (D-IL) today urged House Republicans to restore funding for election security grants.
Issues:
Defense & National Security
July 13, 2018
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement on Special Counsel Mueller's indictments of twelve Russian government officials for their interference in the 2016 election:
Issues:
Defense & National Security
July 11, 2018
Rep. Quigley secured $2 million in funding for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s (CDC) efforts in preventing maternal deaths through state-based Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC).
Issues:
Appropriations
Health Care
June 27, 2018
Rep. Quigley released the following statement in response to the Janus v. ASFME decision, where the Supreme Court ruled that public sector unions’ long-held practice of collecting “fair share fees” for the services they are legally required to provide workers is unconstitutional:
Issues:
Economy and Jobs