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February 28, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) will bring Zarna Patel, a second-year medical student at Loyola University in Chicago and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient, as his guest to President Trump’s first joint address to Congress.
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Immigration
February 27, 2017
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced the PROTECT Immigration Act to block a key component of President Trump's January 25 executive order on immigration. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is the lead sponsor of the Senate companion bill.
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Immigration
February 27, 2017
The House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian intervention in the U.S. election suffers from two critical flaws that handicap its work. And that’s from one of the lawmakers leading the investigation.
February 24, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to new reports that the Trump Administration asked the FBI to make public statements in an attempt to minimize an investigation into the Administration's Russian ties:
February 23, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and was a founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced their decision to rescind the Obama Administration’s Title IX guidance protecting the rights of transgender students:
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 23, 2017
President Donald Trump, who said during his campaign he did not care which bathroom Caitlin Jenner used at Trump Tower, is facing fallout on Thursday in the wake of his administration yanking federal protections for transgender students.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 23, 2017
I last visited Kyiv in April 2014, when the energy in the city was still electric. For months, Independence Square—dubbed the Euromaidan by Ukrainians seeking to tug their country out from under Russia’s grasp—had been occupied by protesters and police as unrest gripped the city in the dead of the Ukrainian winter. As I stood on Khreshchatyk Street, the Euromaidan was still filled with Ukrainians from every walk of life, demanding a more transparent government, a more democratic society and closer integration with Europe and the West.
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
February 22, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the below statement following his meeting with the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko:
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February 21, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on recent threats and acts of vandalism made against Jewish sites:
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LGBTQI+ Rights
February 17, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a vice-chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement on the confirmation of Scott Pruitt as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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