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May 25, 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), secured billions in federal funding for Chicago transportation and urban housing priorities in the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
May 24, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), secured language in the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to identify short and long-term noise mitigation measures at O’Hare, as well as requires the FAA to reevaluate its criteria for sound insulation and provide airports with more flexibility on awarding insulation including second round insulation.
Issues:
Appropriations
May 24, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke to his colleagues on the House floor about the reality of climate change as a national security threat to the United States.
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May 23, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the House floor in support of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2017.
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May 20, 2016
There are over 100,000 bridges in the U.S. that are over 65 years old, and in Chicago, we have a century old transit system that desperately needs updates to keep up with increased capacity.
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May 20, 2016
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), and Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) led a letter with 31 other members of Congress to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy calling on the EPA to immediately improve the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) in the wake of the Flint water crisis.
Issues:
Health Care
May 20, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, met with leaders of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s Brain Tumor Institute (NBTI) to discuss current research and exploration into the cause, effects and potential treatments for brain tumors.
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Health Care
May 19, 2016
Discrimination has no place in our armed services, our workplaces or our country.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
May 18, 2016
In a blow to congressional transparency, the House Appropriations Committee voted against publicly releasing highly informative, taxpayer-funded reports that members use to educate themselves on the issues before Congress.
Issues:
Government Transparency
May 18, 2016
For generations, this country’s transportation infrastructure served as the backbone of our economic success. We dreamed big, we built bigger, and our economy flourished. But today, our crumbling infrastructure is slowing economic growth, and without serious long-term investments, we simply will not be able to compete in today’s global economy.
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Appropriations