Media Center
Latest News
December 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), joined Amtrak leadership at Chicago Union Station to discuss transportation infrastructure plans, improvement projects and accessibility priorities for the city of Chicago’s railways as part of his “Mike on the Move” initiative.
Issues:
Transportation
December 8, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the announcement that Andy Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, is President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary:
December 7, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement on the announcement that Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, is President-Elect Trump’s nominee for EPA Administrator:
Issues:
December 7, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), joined House Democratic colleagues at a press conference on their joint letter to President Obama asking him to carefully consider a presidential pardon as part of a strategy to protect DREAMers from President-Elect Trump’s deportation pledges. Rep. Quigley has previously hosted immigration action information sessions to help immigrants prepare for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) application periods. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery.
Issues:
Immigration
December 7, 2016
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in New York City.
Issues:
Education
December 6, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the House Floor about the Surgeon General’s new report, which further highlights the need for Congress to take immediate and substantive action to combat the growing addiction crisis in our country.
Issues:
Health Care
December 4, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Transportation secretary is receiving praise from one area of the auto world: the driverless car industry.
Issues:
December 1, 2016
Eight years ago, our nation was in the midst of a Great Recession – it was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, unprecedented in both severity and duration.
November 30, 2016
Equality, justice, and opportunity for all cannot co-exist in a society where bigotry, misogyny, anti-Semitism, and other kinds of hatred are accepted or encouraged.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
November 28, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, visited a LifeSource blood bank in Rosemont, IL to learn more about blood safety, procedures, processing and how new policies are impacting the blood donor community.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
Health Care