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April 11, 2013
As we enter wildfire season, watershed infrastructure that would mitigate future contamination of local rivers and reservoirs is still being rebuilt from last season. And funding for rebuilding is only now being allocated, having been delayed under sequestration, affecting lives and homes."
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March 29, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) put on a chef’s coat and picked up a spatula to work the kitchen at Elmhurst restaurant HB Jones as part of his first Undercover Congressman event in the new section of Illinois’ 5th Congressional District.
March 27, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined Chicago Blackhawks forward Jimmy Hayes and members of the Blackhawks youth hockey staff for a hockey clinic at St. Vincent de Paul Center in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Quigley and the Blackhawks led neighborhood kids in hockey drills, team-building exercises, and scrimmages before announcing the donation of floor hockey equipment for permanent use at the center.
March 26, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Mike Honda (CA-17), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Adam Schiff (CA-28), Jim Moran (VA-08) and 38 other Members of Congress sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget urging them to exclude the Tiahrt Amendments from the President’s FY14 Budget.
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Gun Violence Prevention
March 21, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL), along with Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), introduced the Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act, a bipartisan initiative designed to create jobs, reform outdated visa laws, and increase national security.
March 21, 2013
"Updating Americas visa travel protocol will increase opportunities for international tourists, create jobs and drive valuable tourism dollars to cities across the country," said Rep. Quigley."
March 20, 2013
"Mr. Ryans plan for Medicare and Medicaid misses the point: His solution simply shifts the costs from the government to patients, rather than reducing health costs... There are 5 steps we could take to reduce health care spending the RIGHT way," said Rep. Quigley.
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Health Care
Government Transparency
March 20, 2013
Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Elijah E. Cummings (MD-7), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced the bipartisan Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, which increases government transparency by making reports written for Congress by federal agencies available online to the public.
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Government Transparency
March 15, 2013
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) introduced the bipartisan Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s from Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act which would exempt foreign-born individuals who have earned an American Ph.D. in science, technology, mathematics, or engineering from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.
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Immigration
March 15, 2013
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) helped introduce the Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effect (BREATHE) Act and the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act, which would ensure the safety and health of the communities where the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process is already taking place.
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