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April 20, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley spoke to colleagues on the House floor about advancements in the renewable energy sector that have been developed as solutions to help address climate change.
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April 20, 2016
U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer hosted a briefing about the current state of U.S. nuclear weapons policy and the need to reprioritize nuclear weapons funding via careful planning and preparation that reflects the current security and budgetary environments.
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Defense & National Security
April 19, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley successfully included his amendment to add an additional $22 million in critical funding for the Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program in the manager’s amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
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Appropriations
April 19, 2016
U.S.Rep. Mike Quigley successfully included his amendment in the Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill instructing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove the discriminatory question on sexual orientation from its blood donor questionnaire and replace it with a question that is based on behavioral risk and sound science.
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Appropriations
LGBTQI+ Rights
April 19, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley spoke to colleagues on the House floor on the importance of refocusing federal funds for U.S. homeland security programs in order to keep up with today’s national security threats.
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April 14, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, along with Rep. Robert Pittenger introduced the bipartisan Small Financial Institution Advisory Committees Act. The legislation would create a Community Bank Advisory Committee and a Credit Union Advisory Committee within the Treasury Department to provide the department with valuable advice and guidance on a broad range of important issues impacting community banks and credit unions throughout the country, as well as the local communities they serve.
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Economy and Jobs
April 14, 2016
In today's world, the threats we face are constantly changing, and the government's ability to keep America safe relies on its capacity to adapt quickly to these new and evolving threats.
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April 12, 2016
Today we recognize Equal Pay Day, a day that symbolically represents when a woman’s wage finally catches up to what a man was paid in the previous year. Despite often being equally qualified, a man’s pay outpaces a woman’s by 79 cents for every dollar.
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Economy and Jobs
LGBTQI+ Rights
April 12, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley is nobody's fear-mongering right-winger. He's a liberal Democrat — smart, practical, prudent — whose district roams from Chicago's North Side west into DuPage County. Many of his fellow congressional Democrats don't like to talk much at all about terror threats; they think doing so is bad for the Obama administration's image. They leave the terror talk to Republicans.
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April 6, 2016
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley toured urban flooding sites in at Graue Mill in Hinsdale, Illinois and Albany Park in Chicago, Illinois and received updates on the flood prevention investments made in these neighborhoods.
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Appropriations
Energy / Environment