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"Its time to step back, evaluate our global needs and build a military to match those needsas if we were starting from scratch. Everything our military does must be measured against the benchmark of 'Do we need this to keep America safe?'"

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) met with Deputy Speaker of the Polish Senate, Zbigniew Romaszewski, in Quigley's Washington, D.C. office to discuss extending the Visa Waiver Program. They also examined economic issues facing Poland and Polish-Americans

During the recent district work period, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spent a day working on the railroad. Quigley donned a hard hat and visited rail workers at two Chicago sites to see first-hand how investments in rail provide Chicagoans jobs, improve infrastructure, and will help mitigate expected traffic increases in the coming years.

"At a time of limited resources, it is vital that all of our foreign contracts be held to the strictest scrutiny and utmost accountability."

"Its time to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell today."

District Office and FEMA may be able to offer federal assistance to those affected by recent flooding in Chicago.

Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (MI-14), Bobby Scott (VA-3), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) heard testimony from law enforcement officials, victims of gun violence, and academic experts on the devastating effects of the Gun Show Loophole, a gap in federal law that allows private gun dealers to sell weapons to anyone – including terrorists, felons, and the mentally disabled – without performing background checks.