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September 11, 2014
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).
September 10, 2014
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.
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
September 8, 2014
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 Legislators wrote to Secretary Sebelius last August urging a review of the outdated blood donation policy.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
Health Care
September 4, 2014
Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) took a spin on some of our city’s next-generation bikeways with a city staffer and local advocates, as part of his “Mike on the Move” campaign to highlight how federal funding can support Chicago transportation infrastructure.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
September 4, 2014
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.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
August 20, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) kicked off “Mike on the Move,” a new effort highlighting how the federal government can support Chicago transportation and infrastructure.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
August 19, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley toured A.M. Castle & Co. and worked alongside employees to manufacture parts for the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier construction and maintenance program as part of his Undercover Congressman series.
August 7, 2014
I learn more about the kinds of help that will help small businesses and the people who work there. I tell you, transportation is huge. I worked in a restaurant in Elmhurst and ... the entire lunch shift flipped hamburgers and made fries and talked to the people I was working with, and I tell you, they told me the hardest part was getting there.
August 5, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) celebrated Start-Up Day Across America at 1871, Chicago’s premiere digital co-working center, where he met with local start-ups to discuss the importance of high-tech entrepreneurship and ways the government can support the industry.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs