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U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, has selected Maria Solomia Bandriwsky as his virtual guest to President Biden's State of the Union Address to Congress on Tuesday. Bandriwsky serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago chapter of the American Ukrainian Youth Association and has previously done humanitarian service in Ukraine.
We're drowning in plastic. It's quite literally everywhere – from our parks to our oceans to our bodies – but when we search for a life raft, we find hundreds of articles telling us how we can individually "reduce, reuse, and recycle" our way out of the 10 million tons of plastic that currently sit in our oceans. Corporations and systemic inertia have placed the onus of plastic waste on the individual, when in reality little can be done by an individual without collective action.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, sent a letter to the Biden administration calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be granted to Ukrainians amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. TPS provides protection from deportation for individuals of a country where conditions prevent them from returning. The bipartisan letter is co-led by Congressional Ukraine Caucus co-chairs U.S.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court:
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, is circulating a draft letter to the Biden administration calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be granted to Ukrainians amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. TPS provides protection from deportation for individuals of a country where conditions prevent them from returning. The bipartisan letter is currently co-led by Congressional Ukraine Caucus co-chairs U.S.
Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) – released the following statement regarding Russia's attack on Ukraine.
This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with 34 members of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and the Congressional Ukraine Caucus sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to take steps to protect LGBTQ+ individuals and other minorities in Ukraine. In the letter, Members noted the additional risks the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized communities are likely to face now that an invasion by Russia has begun.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, released the following statement after Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Ukraine:
"Tonight, Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine begins a war of choice entirely of President Putin's making, despite months of intense diplomacy. The price that Ukrainians will pay for that choice is unfathomable.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released a statement after the Kremlin published decrees ordering the invasion of Ukraine:
"Let me be clear—no matter what pretext they may claim, today the Kremlin ordered an invasion of Ukraine. Donetsk and Luhansk are part of Ukraine, not Russian fiefdoms. Any deployment of troops to those regions is an unprovoked violation of an independent nation's territorial sovereignty the likes of which we have not seen since World War II.
Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD), released the following statement regarding Russia's illegal recognition of the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk and imminent deployment of troops to Ukrainian territory.