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September 28, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), successfully included an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 that requires the Army Corp of Engineers to expedite the completion of Stage 2 of the McCook Reservoir construction project. Rep. Quigley’s remarks on the House Floor during debate of his amendment are available here. The amendment passed by voice vote.
Issues:
Appropriations
September 27, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the House Floor in support of the EACH Woman Act to ensure that every women receiving care or insurance through the federal government be covered for abortion services.
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
September 22, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) discussed the progress we have made since the Affordable Care Act was inacted in 2010 and how Congress needs to work together to tweak and fix parts of the law to ensure its success in the future.
Issues:
Health Care
September 21, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, along with Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49), hosted a bipartisan Transparency Caucus briefing to discuss the progress this Congress has made to address transparency issues, and outline the challenges still faced as policymakers work to bring greater transparency to the federal government in the 115th Congress.
Issues:
Government Transparency
September 20, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley’s (IL-05) bill to rename the United States Post Office at 6300 N. Northwest Highway in Chicago, Illinois as the “Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building” in honor of the fallen Chicago police officer was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.
September 20, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) honored fallen Chicago Police Officer Joseph P. Cali on the House floor and asked his colleagues to support his bill to dedicate a U.S. post office in northwest Chicago in Officer Cali's name.
September 19, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, visited a Planned Parenthood health center in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
Health Care
September 14, 2016
In a letter to Secretary Robert McDonald, Members of Congress urged the Veterans Administration to repeal an outdated and unlawful regulation that bans all transition-related surgeries for transgender veterans. While the VA has taken some important steps to improve health care for transgender veterans in recent years, the complete ban on surgical care violates the Affordable Care Act’s prohibition on gender-based discrimination. The VA announced in June it was considering changing the ban, acknowledging it flies in the face of current medical science, but has not yet formally started the process of repealing it.
Issues:
Health Care
September 13, 2016
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus and founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, led a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert A. McDonald to urge the VA to move swiftly to ensure access to medically necessary surgical care for transgender veterans.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
September 13, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the House floor about the imperative need to limit our impact on the climate, and also prepare for the climate impacts, like increased flooding, that are now inevitable.
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