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Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Representative Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01), Ranking Member, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), co-chair of the Senate ALS Caucus, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act (ACT for ALS).
In recent weeks, Republicans have criticized President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan by claiming that its focus is not on traditional infrastructure.
That's true. And that's exactly the point.
We have to build forward, not backward. That means improving our roads and bridges but also going far beyond those priorities. We live in a new world where infrastructure is the internet we surf, the electric grid that powers our homes, the pipes that deliver our water and so much more.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, released the following statement after the passage of the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, voted in favor of legislation to create an independent commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. After the passage of H.R. 3233, Quigley released the following statement:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, questioned Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership about the safety and wellbeing of imported live animals, a problem that has dramatically escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic, during a hearing on CBP's Resource Management and Operational Priorities. Quigley's questions came in light of an incident last year in which 20 dogs entered the U.S. on a flight from Jordan to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, led a hearing on "The Need for Universal Broadband: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" centered on the critical role of broadband in American life. Quigley's remarks focused on the increased importance of broadband throughout the pandemic and the inequity in broadband connectivity for different communities across the country. Quigley also questioned witnesses about consumer protection efforts as broadband access is expanded.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to ongoing violence in the Middle East:
"In recent days, I have frequently reflected on my time spent in the Middle East, when I have both walked the streets of Gaza and toured bomb proof playgrounds in Israel. We must always remember to place ourselves in each other's shoes—never more so than in these fraught times.
Today, the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), sent the following letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing deep concern with the state of energy security in Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and a founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, questioned Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tae Johnson, about the treatment of transgender individuals in ICE custody. Quigley urged Johnson to ensure that detainees can safely reveal their gender identity in custody and to improve training for ICE officials to reduce abuse against trans immigrants.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021 to enhance the mapping of urban flooding to prevent associated damage. The legislation will help give cities and towns the tools they need to address flooding in a local context and then encourage the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to apply lessons learned nationwide. In the Senate, the bill is sponsored by and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).