Press Releases
March 1, 2017
Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s first joint address to Congress last night:
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February 28, 2017
Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), led his SEEC colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson following a recent public statement made by his successor as Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, Darren Woods, regarding the validity and urgency of climate change action. Tillerson served as Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil from January 2006 to December 2016.
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February 28, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) will bring Zarna Patel, a second-year medical student at Loyola University in Chicago and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient, as his guest to President Trump’s first joint address to Congress.
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Immigration
February 27, 2017
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced the PROTECT Immigration Act to block a key component of President Trump's January 25 executive order on immigration. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is the lead sponsor of the Senate companion bill.
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Immigration
February 24, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to new reports that the Trump Administration asked the FBI to make public statements in an attempt to minimize an investigation into the Administration's Russian ties:
February 23, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and was a founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced their decision to rescind the Obama Administration’s Title IX guidance protecting the rights of transgender students:
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 22, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the below statement following his meeting with the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko:
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February 21, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on recent threats and acts of vandalism made against Jewish sites:
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 17, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a vice-chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement on the confirmation of Scott Pruitt as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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February 17, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) has nominated students from Illinois’ Fifth Congressional District for admission to the U.S. Service Academies for the graduating class of 2021.
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Education