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Today, the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs – Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Joe Wilson (SC-02) - introduced sweeping sanctions targeting Russia and any nation or actor complicit in sustaining its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and 48 other Senators from both sides of the aisle.
Today, Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Gabe Amo (RI-01), and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led a letter signed by 20 colleagues to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressing alarm at the decision to authorize agencies to bypass the public notice and comment period on “matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits or contracts.”
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on recent arrests of college students:
There’s an old saying about America’s transportation system, “if it rolls, floats, or flies, it comes through Chicago.” As a member of Congress on the congressional committee that funds transportation and housing infrastructure, I’m proud that the city I represent is so integral to our nation’s transportation system. But the infrastructure that has been so critical to my city, and our country’s success, is quickly becoming obsolete, and replacing it is taking too long.
Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) along with members of the Illinois Congressional delegation, sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian requesting answers in regard to GSA’s recent termination of federal government leases across Illinois. As of March 6, 2025, GSA, in conjunction with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claims to have terminated 793 federal leases across the country—24 of which are in Illinois.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) co-signed a letter with Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and 21 other Members of Congress urging the Trump administration to reverse its recent announcement to shut down six regional offices in the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of General Counsel.