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February 27, 2014
Quigley and Polis say it amounts to punishing the victims when prisons replace the threat of physical and sexual abuse with the isolation and cruelty of solitary confinement.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 27, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) used his time in the Appropriations Committee hearing to question Commissioner John Koskinen on the steps the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is taking to help same-sex married couples file federal taxes.
Issues:
Appropriations
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 25, 2014
"The NHL tells the world that hockey's for everyone, well it's only for everyone if people have access."
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement supporting LGBT concerns being addressed in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing taking place later today on the issue of solitary confinement in our federal prison system.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) congratulated Chicago’s UI LABS for winning a $70 million dollar grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund the Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute, an applied research lab that will develop and distribute digital manufacturing technologies.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs
February 25, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined House and Senate colleagues to send a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on EPA to take more aggressive action to cut down on production HCFC-22, an industrial “super pollutant” that does 1,800 times more damage to the climate that carbon dioxide.
Issues:
February 21, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) hosted a roundtable discussion at DePaul University highlighting the plague of gun violence in Chicago.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
February 20, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement regarding the escalating violence in Ukraine, which has reportedly resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
February 20, 2014
Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined more than 120 members of the House of Representatives to send a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, urging him to insist on strong, enforceable environmental protections in negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
February 19, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) toured Free Range Office, a facility providing flexible shared space for small businesses in Wicker Park, and met with local entrepreneurs to discuss ways the federal government can aid their growth.
Issues:
Economy and Jobs