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April 15, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Pete Aguilar (CA-31) and Raul Ruiz (CA-36) introduced legislation to eliminate tax loopholes for luxury yacht owners.
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Government Transparency
April 9, 2015
Quigley noted that investing in transportation infrastructure pays dividends. He said that 6 percent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was passed in the “depths of the economic downturn” involved such infrastructure projects, but they generated two-thirds of the jobs the Act produced.
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April 1, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Chairman Fred Hochberg visited Ex-Im customer Summit Industries Inc., a small business located in Illinois’ fifth district.
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Economy and Jobs
March 24, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) led a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging the Supreme Court to allow video and live audio in the chamber in light of the upcoming same-sex marriage cases.
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Government Transparency
March 23, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), led a bipartisan letter to the THUD Subcommittee with 10 members of the Illinois House delegation urging full funding for mass transit and passenger rail in next year’s THUD budget.
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Transportation
March 19, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), along with Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-03) introduced the Reassuring Adequate Investment in Lifesaving Systems or the RAILS Act, which reauthorizes the Railroad Safety Technology Grants Program to provide critical funding for train control technologies, rail integrity inspection systems, paperless hazardous communication devices, and other new rail safety items.
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March 19, 2015
“As the nation’s rail hub, nowhere are investments in safety technology more crucial than in Chicago. Yet, commuter railroads like Metra lack the funding necessary to ensure new safety technologies, like positive train control, are implemented the right way,” Quigley said. “Reauthorizing the Rail Safety Technology Grant program will provide the critical funding and support needed for commuter railroads around the country to modernize their infrastructure and keep their passengers safe.”
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March 18, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) and Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee, pressured the federal government to implement both short term and long term solutions to increased noise pollution resulting from new traffic patterns at O'Hare International Airport.
March 18, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), introduced the Transit Accessibility Innovation Act, along with original co-sponsors Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Congressmen Tim Ryan (OH-13), Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Jim Langevin (RI-02).
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