Press Releases
February 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released a statement in response to President Obama’s proposed budget for the 2017 fiscal year.
February 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley has nominated students from the Fifth Congressional District for admission to the U.S. Service Academies for the graduating class of 2020.
Issues:
Education
February 8, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, hosted his annual LGBTQ Advisory Council meeting with LGBTQ non-profit and community leaders, activists and advocates for an update on the status of issues facing the community locally and nationally.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 4, 2016
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and José Serrano (NY-15), members of the House Appropriations Committee, announced the inclusion of $1 million in the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Obama for the creation of information help desks at the nation’s most backlogged immigration courts.
Issues:
Immigration
February 2, 2016
Today Rep Quigley supported the passage of the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program formula change through the Price-Aderholdt Amendment to the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015, H.R. 3700.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 1, 2016
U.S. Reps Quigley, Duckworth, and Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the announcement by Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the City of Chicago to complete the O’Hare Modernization Program:
Issues:
February 1, 2016
Today, the bipartisan SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015, introduced by U.S. Reps Quigley, Carney, Duffy and Crenshaw, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
January 15, 2016
Rep. Quigley went “undercover” as a Studio Mechanic at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios.
January 12, 2016
"President Obama’s final State of the Union address was a strong call to action, not just in his final year as president, but in the years to come. He has challenged Congress and Americans around the nation to be an agent of positive change in their households, schools and communities. In a toxic political climate, President Obama called us to appeal to the better angels of our nature."
January 7, 2016
Rep. Quigley invited Alaa Basatneh, a young Syrian American woman from Chicago, to be his guest to President Obama’s last State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.