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Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after the Committee released their draft report on the impeachment inquiry:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Ambassador Kurt Volker, Former U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, during a House impeachment hearing. Under Quigley's questioning, Volker, who was called as a witness by Republicans, testified that when he pressed Ukrainian President Zelensky's aides not to prosecute their political opponents, Zelensky's aide replied, "What, you mean like asking us to investigate Clinton and Biden?"
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Jennifer Williams, Aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council. Quigley's questions focused on the President's decision to withhold military assistance from Ukraine.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and chair of the Transparency Caucus, re-introduced the Transparency in Government Act (TGA) to increase access, accountability, and transparency in every branch of the federal government.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) questioned Marie "Masha" Yovanovitch, Former Ambassador to Kyiv, Ukraine, during the second day of public hearings in the House of Representatives Impeachment Inquiry. Quigley asked Yovanovitch about the impact of President Trump's recalling on her career. He also questioned the former Ambassador about advice she was given by Ambassador Gordon Sondland on how to keep her job in the face of President Trump's attacks.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and members of the Quiet Skies Caucus released a letter today to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson requesting answers on aircraft noise mitigation efforts. The letter, also signed by co-chairs of the Quiet Skies Caucus Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-Del.) and Representative Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) and by Caucus vice chair Representative Tom Suozzi (NY-03), expresses serious concerns regarding airplane and helicopter noise and the FAA's lack of responsiveness to impacted communities.
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Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.Res. 660, a resolution establishing rules for the next steps in the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump's abuses of power:
"Today's vote was a critical next step in the House's ongoing investigation into the President of the United States. This resolution provides us with a path forward as we move toward the public phase of the inquiry and provides both Congressional Republicans and the President with rights in these proceedings.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Doug Collins (GA-09) introduced the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act (H.R. 4894), which gives the public access to how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. This bill would improve government transparency by requiring federal agencies to post their congressional budget justifications on a centralized, searchable website, including each agency's own website.