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Rep. Mike Quigley named Jonathan “Yoni” Pizer as his new LGBT Liaison following the departure of former LGBT Liaison Brandon Neese.

U.S. Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) today urged the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to change the national standard at which the agency determines acceptable levels of aircraft noise.

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement regarding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s response to their request for a new environmental impact study (EIS) of the O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP).

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Sander M. Levin (D-MI) led 41 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging congressional leaders to invite Ukrainian President Petro O. Poroshenko to address a joint session of Congress during his upcoming visit to Washington, D.C.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell expressing continued concern regarding current policies governing blood, organ, and tissue donation by men who have sex with men (MSM) and requesting an update on the Department’s progress in reassessing the policies. Legislators wrote to Secretary Sebelius last August urging a review of the outdated blood donation policy.

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and the Active Transportation Alliance took his new “Mike on the Move” transportation initiative to the streets of Chicago with a seven mile bike tour spotlighting new pedestrian and bike infrastructure, ongoing projects in the area, and several problem spots where existing conditions create safety or barrier issues to walking and biking.