Media Center
Latest News
June 13, 2016
Tourism has grown to be one of the United States’ most important industries, with one in nine U.S. jobs depending on it. Travel employment increased for the tenth month in a row this past April, according to an U.S. Travel Association estimate. And in 2015, domestic and international travelers spent $947 billion in the U.S. and directly supported more than 8.1 million U.S. jobs. Travel is also America’s largest service export, as well as one of our top job generating industries. So, it would stand to reason that Congress should be looking for ways to support this industry and increase international tourism.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
June 12, 2016
“Congressman, thanks so much for joining us, we really appreciate it. President Obama called this “terror” and “an act of hate,” and we know that the shooter called 9-1-1 and pledged his allegiance to ISIS; ISIS claiming responsibility, is that what you are hearing, do all signs point to ISIS, Congressman?”
June 12, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the largest mass shooting in United States’ history at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida:
Issues:
June 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, fought against efforts to restrict the right to choose for women living in the District of Columbia during the Appropriation Committee’s consideration of the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Bill.
Issues:
Appropriations
Reproductive Rights
June 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in support of bipartisan H.R. 5278, Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA):
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
June 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), offered an amendment to increase funding for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by $2 million to match the agency’s request so that they can fulfill their mission to defend the privacy rights of American citizens during the Appropriation Committee’s consideration of the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill.
June 8, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), released the following statement in response to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a Joint Session of Congress:
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
June 8, 2016
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Robin Kelly (IL-02), David E. Price (NC-04), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and 141 other members called on House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to lift the de-facto ban on federal gun violence research.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
May 31, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Transparency Caucus, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement on a newly released Government Accountability Office report on video and audio coverage of Supreme Court and other appellate court proceedings. The report cites stakeholders who state that the benefits of such coverage include enhancing public access to the courts, educating the public on the judiciary, and providing a useful window into how courts think about the issues in a case. Some of the stakeholders interviewed for the report also raised concerns that coverage of portions of a court’s proceedings may be distorted by the media.
Issues:
Government Transparency
May 26, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), joined Reps. Maxine Waters (CA-43), André Carson (IN-07), Keith Ellison (MN-05) and Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03) to secure inclusion of language encouraging the establishment of an “accessibility performance measure” in the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill, which was passed by the Appropriations Committee earlier this week.
Issues:
Appropriations