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Defense and Foreign Affairs

January 9, 2026
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Happy New Year! In the first legislative week of 2026, I recommitted to the fight against Trump's cruelty and for a more just America.
Issues: Holding the White House Accountable Defense and Foreign Affairs Immigration

January 3, 2026

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on Trump’s attack on Venezuela:


December 18, 2025
The PROTECT Immigration Act would rescind the statutory authority for the federal government's 287(g) Program, which allows the Department of Homeland Security to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law.

December 12, 2025
E-Newsletters

I returned to Washington this week to hold the Trump administration accountable. Here are three things I did to fight for you:

Issues: Racial Justice Defense and Foreign Affairs

November 22, 2025

Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), along with Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) , Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation issued the following statement in response to the reported peace plan between Ukraine and Russia:


October 10, 2025
After two years of devastating violence, the first phase in a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is long-awaited good news. I will be watching developments very closely, and I call on all parties to fully implement the agreement.

October 8, 2025
Trump is now ratcheting up tensions when we should all be lowering the temperature. This isn’t about protection, it’s about power.

October 7, 2025

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley released the following statement on the second anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel.

“Two years ago today, Hamas abducted 251 innocent Israelis, and their brutal attack claimed 1,200 lives. Today, Hamas still holds 48 hostages in Gaza. For the people of Israel and for the global Jewish community, the grief and fear of that day is still raw. October 7th remains the worst attack on Jewish life since the Holocaust.


September 11, 2025

Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Joe Wilson (R-SC-02), issued the following statement in response to the unprecedented Russian drone incursions into NATO-member Poland and the largest coordinated attacks on Kyiv to date:


August 15, 2025

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin: