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July 19, 2017
Rep. Quigley offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Subcommittee appropriations bill to prevent funds from being used to close EPA’s vital regional offices, including Region 5 in Chicago.
Issues: Appropriations

July 18, 2017
Rep. Quigley offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Subcommittee appropriations bill to end the use of for-profit prisons to detain immigrants.

July 18, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as a member of the House Appropriations Committee and House Intelligence Committee, offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Subcommittee appropriations bill to increase funding for essential grant programs, including Urban Area Security Initiative grants and Transit Security funding, by redirecting resources from so-called border infrastructure funding.

July 17, 2017

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as co-chair and co-founder of the Congressional Transparency Caucus and is a member of the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) announced it will be making visitor logs to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort public starting this fall.

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July 13, 2017

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Subcommittee appropriations bill to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to the FY17 enacted level of $385 million.

Issues: Appropriations

July 12, 2017

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's announcement that the EPA could be launching a television debate on climate change.

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July 10, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley visited Heritage Bicycles, a Chicago-based small business that builds American-made custom bicycles, offers repair services, and brews their own coffee. Rep. Quigley toured the store and assisted customers with bicycle maintenance and food orders.
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June 29, 2017

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced an amendment to the FSGG Subcommittee appropriations bill to preserve and fund the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), tasked with ensuring our elections are accessible and secure.


June 29, 2017

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who has introduced recent legislation protecting Sanctuary Cities from the Trump Administration's anti-immigration threats, released the following statement on Republican legislation once again targeting Sanctuary Cities:

Issues: Immigration