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Today, Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Jesus "Chuy" García (IL-04) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) re-introduced legislation that seeks to remove the ability of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to contract with local law enforcement for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration law.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) hosted a roundtable at Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse to discuss efforts at the local and federal level to address and prevent domestic violence. The roundtable was led by Raúl Vega, Acting Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Violence Division, and included representatives from Cook County offices dedicated to addressing sexual assault and agencies that provide services to survivors of domestic violence.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1644, The Save the Internet Act, to restore net neutrality provisions for internet users, which were repealed by the Trump administration last year:

Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Tom Rice (SC-07) re-introduced the bipartisan Jobs Originating through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 to improve national security, increase international tourism, and reform visa laws.

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government (FSGG), pressed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on the Trump administration's decision of whether to comply with the House Ways and Means Committee's request for the President's tax returns. Quigley also questioned whether Treasury Department officials have communicated with the White House about requests to release the President's tax returns.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment authored by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) to require a review of the relationship between survival of domestic violence and the development of a substance use disorder. U.S. Representative Kendra Horn (OK-05) spoke from the floor of the House in support of the amendment. Quigley's initiative was offered as an amendment to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.