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Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Ranking Member on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg during a subcommittee hearing on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request. Quigley questioned Buttigieg about DOT’s Emergency Relief fund in light of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced Polina Popandopulo from Ridgewood High School as the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for the 5th District of Illinois. Their piece, titled “Best Buddies Down on the Farm,” will hang in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, released a statement following the Biden Administration’s announcement of key efforts to strengthen America’s electric grid. The announcement includes the expanded use of modern grid technologies like high-performance conductors and dynamic line ratings, which Quigley has been advocating for since 2019.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced the approval of $40 million towards modernizing Chicago’s Union Station (CUS). The funding was part of Amtrak’s Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations requests and was included in the FY24 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that was signed into law by President Biden on March 23, 2024.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who served eight years on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
“In my eight years on the House Intelligence Committee, I witnessed firsthand the role that FISA has played in ensuring our security. Now, thanks to those in Congress who are eager to disrupt proceedings, its existence is in jeopardy.