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April 29, 2013
"Lake Michigan is at record low levels. We've been told that it'd take up to 9 years of higher than normal precipitation just to get back to normal. Although, the number one factor there is just how warm things are. The fact that we don't have ice cover anymore. And oh, by the way we've had the third, hundred year storm in the last six years. We're going to have to re-define our terms."
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April 26, 2013
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the list of programmatic requests he submitted this week for the Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations process.
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Appropriations
April 25, 2013
"Its a fact that stronger, more destructive storms are pounding our region with distressing regularity and resulting in huge costs."
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Energy / Environment
April 24, 2013
"We talked about the game we have this Saturday where we play the Lobbyists in a charity game to raise money for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Commissioner Bettman was there, our friend the owner of the Washington Capitals, actually getting last years winners there to go to a college of their choice. So it was a great day."
April 24, 2013
Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced Sergio Farfan Castillo from West Leyden High School as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Illinois’ 5th Congressional District.
April 22, 2013
"Last month Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev) and Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) re-introduced the bipartisan JOLT Act – Jobs Originated through Launching Travel – which would cut red tape and create a more reasonable process for entering the U.S., opening our doors to international travelers and giving our economy a needed boost."
April 19, 2013
"The devastating storm that took place in the last couple of days needs our immediate attention...but now it's up to us to make sure that FEMA gets the money in people's hands to recover from this. "
April 18, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) applauded the inclusion of the bipartisan Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act in the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform package.
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Immigration
April 18, 2013
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced The Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013, bipartisan legislation to end deceptive federal accounting practices and bring much-needed transparency and accountability to billions of dollars in annual spending.
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Government Transparency
April 15, 2013
Under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex married couples are treated differently for tax purposes from their opposite-sex counterparts. "