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June 1, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainably Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement:
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June 1, 2017
The FBI and Congress are examining a campaign event last spring during which Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner were in a small gathering with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and other diplomats at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.
June 1, 2017
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate change agreement, a global plan to limit temperature increases on the planet.
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May 31, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainably Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement recapping his first day of #RepInTheRockies, a three-day climate change tour in Rocky Mountain National Park:
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May 31, 2017
During the first stop of a three-day visit to this iconic park, Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley yesterday fired off questions at a half-dozen National Park Service officials, on subjects ranging from handling invasive plant species to elk herd populations.
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May 31, 2017
The following article was published on May 31, 2017. A link to the article can be found here.
By MELANIE ZANONA
More than a dozen rail systems around the country have received federal funding to help speed up their efforts to install a major train safety technology that many railroads have struggled to adopt.
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May 29, 2017
American Veterans for Equal Rights ( AVER ) hosted the dedication of a new granite monument honoring the service of LGBT veterans May 29.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
May 27, 2017
The US House of Representatives has seen the reintroduction of a bill that looks to relax the country's currently strict H1-B visa rules, but only for a select few professionals. Read to know what they are, and how they can stem IT layoffs.
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Immigration
May 27, 2017
Introduced by Congressmen Erik Paulsen and Mike Quigley, the Stopping Trained in America PhDs from Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act, has been re-introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks exemption for foreign- born persons with an American PhD in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.
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Economy and Jobs
Immigration
May 26, 2017
From healthcare and critical infrastructure to services and resources for our most vulnerable, this budget relies on far-reaching and detrimental cuts that will have a long-lasting impact on every aspect of our society.