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November 8, 2018
Quigley is now the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services, which sets spending levels for the courts, the Internal Revenue Service and election security—the latter a particular interest of Quigley's. But if one other member steps aside for another gig, Quigley probably will go for the subcommittee for transportation and urban development, a nice slot for a Chicago rep.
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November 8, 2018
Quigley, poised to become what is nicknamed a “Cardinal” on the Appropriations Committee, told me on Thursday that with his new power, “I can help dramatically bring resources back to the region, into the state.”
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Defense & National Security
November 7, 2018
Rep. Quigley released the following statement on President Trump’s removal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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November 7, 2018
Rep. Quigley applauded the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Multi Modal Facility at O’Hare International Airport, which will direct rental car operations, public parking and other modes of ground transit into one centralized location to improve connectivity for travelers at O’Hare.
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Transportation
November 7, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), who is set to lead the panel overseeing District affairs, say they will oppose the anti-marijuana rider.
November 7, 2018
But Quigley thinks Nunes’ “damage is done,” he told The Daily Beast. “He did his damage, he stymied the [Russia] investigation and shut it down. He worked hand in glove with the White House to limit our [investigative] abilities. I don’t see how he has those abilities when we’re in the majority.”
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November 7, 2018
"What's important to me is that people know it's not the Democrats frothing to be Benghazi-like," said Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, referencing the GOP-led investigation into the 2012 terrorist attack that Democrats say was a political attack on Hillary Clinton. "We'll see what (Mueller) does, how he is treated, and that'll tell us what we have left to do."
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November 7, 2018
Quigley worries that Trump is acting like a king, “I just hope that we are not living under some cult of personality where the American public will say that’s okay for him. No matter how you view this president, the fact that he is acting as if he is above the law is extraordinarily dangerous. This is how autocrats act.”
November 6, 2018
One member of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), has introduced legislation to force Trump to create a public database of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago resort—a topic the committee could take up.
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Government Transparency
November 2, 2018
Rep. Quigley joined fellow Members in a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly demanding the release of documented conversations from the White House concerning the GSA review and the proposed FBI headquarters relocation in light of new evidence that the White House was warned internally that Trump’s plan would cost taxpayers millions more.
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Government Transparency