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July 16, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and members of the Quiet Skies Caucus including Reps. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Steve Israel (NY-03), and Grace Meng (NY-06) sent a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-09) and Ranking Member Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) with recommendations for the 2015 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that would help address the harmful impacts of aircraft noise on communities across the country.
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July 16, 2015
Rep. Quigley presented an amendment to the 2016 Homeland Security appropriations bill that would prohibit the detention of immigrant children and families by the U.S.
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Appropriations
Immigration
July 15, 2015
Sixteen days away from the latest expiration of the Highway Trust Fund, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) urged his colleagues to pass a long term transportation bill that will grow our economy and create jobs.
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July 14, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2016 Homeland Security appropriations bill that would prohibit the detention of immigrant children and families in our nation’s immigration detention centers, saving over $345 million in taxpayer dollars from family detention and reinvesting that money into more humane and cost-effective Alternatives to Detention.
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Immigration
July 14, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2016 Homeland Security appropriations bill that would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit Poland as a program country under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
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Defense and Foreign Affairs
July 14, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Barbara Lee (CA-13), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and 79 of their congressional colleagues sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency's draft guidance document, which, if finalized, would change the blood donation policy for men who have sex with men (MSM) from a lifetime ban to a one-year deferral from the donor's last sexual contact with another man.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
July 14, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, Jared Polis (CO-02), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), and Mike Honda (CA-17), along with 64 of their Democratic colleagues, today urged the Department of Education to step up efforts to protect LGBT students from the damaging effects of discrimination and bullying.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
July 13, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Ash Carter issuing two directives to update their policy on transgender individuals in the military.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
July 9, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) continued efforts to create jobs for our nation’s veterans by introducing the Jobs for Heroes Act, legislation that would not only reauthorize, but also expand and make permanent two currently expired federal business tax credits designed to spur veteran employment.
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Economy and Jobs
July 9, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) urged his colleagues on the House floor to stand up against right-to-work laws and stand up for the right to organize, the right to a safe job, and the right to a fair wage.
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Economy and Jobs