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January 16, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced that York Community High School teacher Patty Iverson, of Elmhurst, Illinois, will be his guest to the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 20th.
Issues:
Education
January 14, 2015
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) was appointed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).
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January 13, 2015
U.S. Representative and Appropriations Committee member Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined House Democrats at the Capitol to urge the House Majority to pass a clean Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill without the inclusion of harmful anti-immigrant amendments.
Issues:
Immigration
January 12, 2015
Mary Howe, president and CEO of Howe Corporation, a business in Illinois’ Fifth District, was appointed to the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ (Ex-Im Bank) Advisory Committee. Now in its 32nd year, the Congressionally-established Advisory Committee advises Ex-Im Bank on its policies and programs, in particular on the extent to which the Bank provides competitive financing to support American jobs through exports.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
January 9, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with 18 other original cosponsors, including Rep. Dave Joyce (OH-14), Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-25), and Rep. Sandy Levin (MI-09), introduced bipartisan legislation that would formally authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) at $300 million for the next five years.
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January 9, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined 78 other House members to introduce the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), a bill to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and ensure that all legally-married, same-sex couples are treated equally under federal law.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
January 8, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley stood up against the Keystone Pipeline ahead of another ill-advised vote to approve it.
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January 7, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley spoke about the honor of skating with the USA Warriors and their tribute to Clint Reif at the 2015 Winter Classic.
January 5, 2015
What impact is U.S. investment in foreign aid having in far off, foreign countries? In D.C., we receive statistics about the impact of aid, but never get a face or a name of those affected by our help. Traveling to Cambodia, the largest single beneficiary of U.S. aid in maternal and neonatal health, changed that. That’s where we met Navy, a 30-year-old woman who lives with her 6-year-old daughter, Davin in Phnom Penh.
December 28, 2014
Malik, who lives in the impoverished, high-crime Englewood neighborhood on the South Side with his mother and two sisters, had only one wish this year when he participated in a local charity’s annual Letters to Santa program. It wasn’t electronics, nor clothes, nor games. “All I ask for is for safety. I just wanna be safe,” Malik wrote earlier this month.
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Gun Violence Prevention