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March 15, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley discusses the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Trump's ties with Russia, as well as need for evidence supporting currently unsubstantiated wiretapping claims.
March 15, 2017
S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who like his Democratic colleagues is dead-set against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, says he has been bombarded with constituent calls and emails in recent days.
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Health Care
March 15, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and 32 of his Democratic colleagues sent a letter to President Trump requesting he rescind the section of his January 25th executive order that directs the federal government to withhold federal funds from “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
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Immigration
March 14, 2017
In a recent interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said carbon dioxide is not a “primary contributor” to climate change. In response, Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) and 32 of his colleagues will send a letter to Pruitt with educational materials outlining the basic established science behind climate change. As Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt must understand these non-controversial concepts, and this letter seeks to educate him.
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March 14, 2017
U.S. Rep Mike Quigley discusses President Trump's unsubstantiated wiretapping allegations and how they serve as a distraction from needed bipartisan investigations into Russia.
March 14, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., slammed White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday, comparing the daily media briefing and its defenses of President Trump to self-parody.
March 13, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the Republican health care plan:
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Health Care
March 13, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), went “undercover” at the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) in the Lower West Side to learn more about the work GCFD is doing to end hunger in the city of Chicago.
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Economy and Jobs
March 13, 2017
A Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee had a field day criticizing President Trump during a television interview Monday night — calling his claim that Barack Obama tapped his phones “a charade” and declaring “we are in the business of creating scripts for ‘Saturday Night Live.'”
March 10, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), along with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Brad Schneider (IL-10), and Danny Davis (IL-07), met with Illinois Tollway Chairman Bob Schillerstrom to express their support for the Tollway’s petition to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding their ongoing dispute with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) over the Elgin O’Hare Western Access (EOWA) project. The project creates new western road access to O’Hare International Airport along with a new western bypass around the airport.
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