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July 19, 2018
"I never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but I encourage Republicans to listen to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Even she has acknowledged the common-sense fact that funding for election security grants, which allow states to update and upgrade their outdated election infrastructure, is a positive step forward in preventing foreign meddling.”
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July 19, 2018
Rep. Quigley, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee and House Appropriations Committee, offered the Democratic Motion to Recommit (MTR) on his amendment to restore $380 million in election security grants for FY19.
July 18, 2018
Rep. Quigley released the following statement after White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorsed election security grants as an effective way to combat election interference.
July 18, 2018
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), joined five House and Senate Democrats in releasing a disturbing new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found only 43 percent of school districts nationwide tested for lead in their schools' drinking water in 2016 and 2017, and of those that tested, 37 percent found elevated lead levels. GAO found that 41 percent of school districts did not test for lead, while 16 percent did not know.
July 18, 2018
“Tweets aren’t enough,” Quigley said of some GOP criticism of Trump’s comments in Helsinki. “The Russians will be back. Perhaps they never left.”
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July 18, 2018
Rep. Quigley discusses GOP subpoena power and the implications of Trump's conversation with Putin in Helsinki.
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July 17, 2018
Rep. Quigley called on Republicans to pass his amendment to restore $380 million in election security funding, which he secured in the FY18 omnibus spending bill.
July 17, 2018
"The president is acting as if the Russians have something on him. There’s just no other way to describe it. It’s bizarro – I don’t know how to explain it. I can’t get into what I suspect based on a year and half [working on the House Russia] investigation. What I can tell you is: One could easily deduce from all this that the Russians have something on this president.”
July 17, 2018
Representative Quigley warns America that its democratic process and elections are at risk of cyber attacks by Russian hackers and needs to be updated and protected or we could face dire consequences.
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July 17, 2018
Rep. Quigley, who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and as Ranking Member of the Financial Services & General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, HPSCI Ranking Member Adam Schiff, and other current and former Members of HPSCI for press conference on the Helsinki summit in which President Trump refused to hold President Putin accountable for hacking the 2016 elections.