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September 29, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after House passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 9, 2016
September 29, 2016
Currently, the VA provides many services for transgender veterans, including hormone therapy, mental health care, preoperative evaluation, and long-term care following gender-confirmation surgery, but gender-confirmation surgery itself is noticeably missing from the list.
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Health Care
September 28, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), spoke on the House Floor to propose an amendment to H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA) regarding the McCook Reservoir Project.
Issues:
Appropriations
September 28, 2016
Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, released the following statement in response to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments on the Clean Power Plan.
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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.