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January 25, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the Quiet Skies Caucus, signed on as an original co-sponsor of H.R. 598, the Airplane Impacts Mitigation (AIM) Act of 2017, to address increasing levels and durations of airplane noise and ensure that the health impacts of airplane overflights are thoroughly examined. The AIM Act will ensure that strong, independent research into the health impacts of prolonged exposure to airplane noise and emissions is available to inform the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision-making going forward.
January 24, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement in opposition to Republicans’ anti-choice bill, H.R. 7:
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
January 24, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Co-Chair of the Transparency Caucus and Vice Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), released the following statement after the Trump Administration halted external communication at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
Issues:
Energy / Environment
January 20, 2017
As Donald Trump was sworn in as president Friday, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) was sorting cherry tomatoes.
January 19, 2017
Eight portraits lined the entrance to the lower level of the hotel lobby where the Illinois State Society put on its inaugural celebration Thursday evening. None of them depicted the man who will assume the presidency Friday.
Issues:
Appropriations
January 18, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) said Monday night that in light of an increasingly unpredictable political climate both at home and abroad his work on the House Intelligence Committee is more critical now than ever.
January 15, 2017
In this dystopian era of hyper-partisan politics, many of our elected leaders on both sides of the aisle share a common bane: Those pesky and intrusive watchdogs they grudgingly hired to keep them from breaking rules or laws.
Issues:
Government Transparency
January 14, 2017
A field trip to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration is certainly a real-life civics lesson in the American tradition of the peaceful and elaborate transfer of power from the current leader of the free world to the next.
January 13, 2017
Health Care Open Enrollment is now underway and the deadline to receive coverage for 2017 is just around the corner!
Issues:
Health Care
January 13, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has awarded the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $1,078,300 to fund their Operations Control Center Safety Enhancements Project. The project would add additional safety indicators to the CTA’s Control Center (CC) and better integrate critical information collected from data. The CC coordinates service restoration, emergency responses, and day-to-day service that is provided to over 1.7 million CTA riders each day, across 224 miles of high voltage rail, and movement of over 1,800 buses daily.
Issues:
Transportation