Press Releases

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Chair of the Transparency Caucus, released the following statement on the House passage of the USA FREEDOM Act.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), introduced the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act, which would help prevent the deaths of millions of birds by including bird-safe building materials and design features across federal buildings.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced Zhi Wei Tan from Lincoln Park High School as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Illinois’ Fifth Congressional District.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Jared Polis (CO-02) offered an amendment to the FY2016 Energy & Water (E&W) Appropriations Bill that would have saved taxpayers $167 million by maintaining the FY2015 acquisition schedule for the nuclear-armed cruise missile warhead (W80-4).

Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03) introduced the bipartisan Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s from Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act, which would exempt foreign-born individuals who have earned an American Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the landmark marriage equality case, Obergefell v. Hodges.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) green-lighted a study by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reexamine the current metric used to determine acceptable aircraft noise pollution.

Everyday billions of cyber attacks from cyber criminals and hostile countries threaten American businesses, America’s critical infrastructure, and the personal information of American consumers. By enabling voluntary information sharing of cyber threats between and among the private sector and the government, the bipartisan Protecting Cyber Networks Act is an important step forward in providing businesses and the government the tools necessary to better defend the safety and economic security of our nation.