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June 20, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in response to yesterday's T-HUD Appropriations subcommittee markup of the FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill.
Issues:
Appropriations
Transportation
June 18, 2013
"We cannot ban abortions after 20 weeks, first because its unconstitutional, and second because we cannot know the individual situation of every woman." '
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
June 14, 2013
“There are more kids playing hockey, and the game has become more diverse from a cultural, ethnic and geographic point of view, but we still don’t have a lot of congressmen."
June 13, 2013
U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) introduced legislation Wednesday that would allow Illinois to fight pay-to-play contracting in state highway construction projects.
June 12, 2013
At a time when indictments and allegations of ethics violations of our elected leaders have become all too common, now more than ever we must use every tool at our disposal to fight corruption. Unfortunately, the federal government is currently preventing numerous states from using one of the most important tools we have to fight cronyism, corruption and waste. '
June 12, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to revisit the population-based formula it uses, in part, to determine which counties and states are eligible for federal aid.
June 12, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced legislation that would allow Illinois to effectively fight pay-to-play contracting in state highway construction projects.
Issues:
Government Transparency
June 12, 2013
U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-Chicago Blackhawks) and Stephen Lynch (D-Boston Bruins) faced off on the Capitol steps in advance of their hometown teams meeting in Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight at the United Center in Chicago.
June 11, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s decision to drop its appeal to a court ruling that lifts the age and point of sale restrictions on emergency contraception.
June 5, 2013
By ending the arbitrary 34,000 bed mandate for immigration detention, we can cut spending and do the right thing... Were spending more than $5 million a day to detain immigrants, 45 percent of which have no criminal record...We have the power to change a policy that does nothing but waste the taxpayers money and cause undue hardship to immigrant families across the country. '