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March 18, 2016
Rep. Quigley a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), praised new measures released by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week that will ensure better performance standards for non-motorized modes of transportation
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March 17, 2016
Reps Quigley and Duckworth today introduced a comprehensive legislative approach to address the nationwide contaminated drinking water crisis brought to light by ongoing problems with the public water supply in Flint, Michigan.
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March 16, 2016
Rep. Quigley released the following statement in response to President Obama nominating Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court:
March 9, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wrote to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Craig Fugate today to ask that the agency “quickly initiate…a nationwide study focusing on the prevalence, causes, and costs of urban flooding.”
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March 3, 2016
U.S. Reps Mike Quigley, Leonard Lance, along with Senators Patrick Leahy and John McCain introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act in an effort to increase transparency and access to non-confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports.
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Government Transparency
March 3, 2016
Representative Mike Quigley joined U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Robert Menendez and U.S. Representative Keith Ellison in introducing the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016, legislation to protect children in affordable housing from lead poisoning by requiring the Department of Housing and Urban Development to adopt prevention measures and update its lead regulations to protect children from the risk of lead exposure.
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Health Care
March 2, 2016
Rep. Mike Quigley pressured Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to commit to taking actions to protect residents and their property around O'Hare International Airport from aircraft noise in today’s THUD Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
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Appropriations
March 1, 2016
We were pleased, but not surprised, to learn this week that the Illinois Supreme Court declared its four-year pilot program allowing media cameras into courtrooms around the state a success. As national leaders on this issue, we have been pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to allow video and live-audio, improving transparency and justice for all.
February 26, 2016
U.S. Representatives Quigley, Gutiérrez and Schakowsky introduced the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act, which will ensure that children and vulnerable individuals in immigration proceedings have access to counsel and receive legal orientation about their rights and responsibilities under immigration law.
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Immigration
February 26, 2016
This coming month, we will witness the continued assault on women's reproductive rights as the Supreme Court hears two separate cases that have the potential to undermine the tremendous progress that has been made over the last 43 years.
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Reproductive Rights