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Press Releases

November 17, 2015
Rep. Mike Quigley, Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, joined a group of Democratic colleagues to announce the formation of the Transgender Equality Task Force.
Issues:Equality

November 6, 2015
Rep. Quigley introduced the FAA Community Accountability Act to give local communities a say in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision-making process regarding flight paths.
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November 5, 2015
Quigley, Speier, Takano, Jones, and 18 original co-sponsors introduced the Military and Veterans education Protection Act, which would close the “90/10 loophole” that encourages for-profit colleges to aggressively recruit, and in many cases defraud veterans receiving benefits under the GI bill.
Issues:Education

November 5, 2015
Rep. Quigley released a statement in response to House passage of H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act, which reauthorizes transportation infrastructure investments for highway and mass transit along with reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank.

November 3, 2015
Representative Mike Quigley and Senator Dick Durbin announced over $14 million in vital urban housing development grants to Illinois’ Fifth District and the greater Cook County area.

November 3, 2015
Rep. Quigley and the entire Illinois Congressional Delegation urged the Department of Health and Human Services to designate the Chicago Ebola Response Network as a regional treatment center for the Ebola Virus Disease.
Issues:Health Care

October 30, 2015
Reps Quigley, Kinzinger hosted a discussion about the ongoing crisis in Syria, titled “Social Media & Running the Syrian Revolution," featuring footage from the internationally acclaimed documentary, #chicagoGirl.

October 28, 2015
Reps. Quigley, Price, DeLauro, Lowey and Kelly joined 110 democratic colleagues in urging House leadership to end the longstanding de facto ban on federal funding for gun violence research.

October 28, 2015
Rep. Quigley introduced the bipartisan Taxpayer Receipt Act, legislation that would provide each American with an itemized tax receipt showing how taxpayer dollars are spent, as well as how much the federal government is borrowing in their name.

October 26, 2015
Rep. Quigley took his “Mike on the Move” transportation initiative to Bensenville, Illinois with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg to tour a rail congestion mitigation project.