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March 10, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives to bring attention to how the increasing risk from coronavirus highlights the need for all Americans to have access to paid sick leave.


March 9, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman on Financial Services and General Government and co-chair and co-founder of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts requesting that the Supreme Court allow real-time audio and video access to all Court proceedings.


March 4, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, questioned Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin during a hearing on the Department of the Treasury's Fiscal Year 2021 budget request.


March 4, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler during a hearing on the Agency's Fiscal Year 2021 budget request.


March 4, 2020

Today, during a hearing on HUD's Fiscal Year 2021 budget request, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, confronted Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson over his Department's continued discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans.

Issues: LGBTQI+ Rights

March 2, 2020

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10) and Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the 21st Century Courts Act, a robust legislative plan to increase transparency in the federal court system.


February 27, 2020

U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Barbara Lee (CA-13), members of the Congressional Equality Caucus, sent a letter with 30 of their colleagues calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reassess an outdated and discriminatory policy that prohibits gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

Issues: LGBTQI+ Rights

February 27, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, spoke during a hearing on his legislation, the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act.

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February 11, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced their plan to undercut career federal prosecutors by reducing the sentencing recommendation for President Donald Trump's campaign ally and friend Roger Stone:


February 5, 2020

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the following statement after a partisan Senate vote to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment after failing to call witnesses or subpoena documents: