113th Congress
May 20, 2014
This month, BPC highlights Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Joe Heck (R-NV) for their bipartisan effort to improve the U.S. economy and create jobs by making it easier for foreign visitors to travel to the U.S. The Congressmen have worked together to introduce H.R. 1354, the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act.
Issues:
Government Transparency
May 16, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the list of programmatic requests he submitted this year for the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations process.
Since taking office in 2009, I have worked alongside fifth district residents in dozens of jobs so that I can better understand the challenges my constituents face on a daily basis.
May 13, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) visited two Southeast side petroleum coke (petcoke) storage sites and spoke with neighborhood residents about the negative environmental and health impacts of petcoke dust due to insufficient local, state and federal regulations.
Issues:
Energy / Environment
May 13, 2014
For living up his billing as co-chairman of the House’s Congressional Transparency Caucus, we award our Public Service Spotlight to Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL).
Issues:
Government Transparency
May 8, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined Representative Adam Smith (WA-09) to introduce the Accountability in Immigration Detention Act (AIDA), which aims to improve standards and living conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.
Issues:
Immigration
Government Transparency
May 8, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered two amendments to the FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to increase federal public safety resources and help law enforcement combat gun violence in Chicago.
May 7, 2014
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., said he will offer an amendment that would reverse a Republican-sponsored provision in the fiscal 2013 continuing resolution (PL 113-6) that banned, on a permanent basis, any federal rule that requires gun dealers to conduct physical inventories to determine whether firearms have been lost or stolen.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
May 7, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined Lt. General (USA ret.) Robert Gard, the former president of National Defense University, and members of Council for a Livable World to promote good government reform on nuclear weapons spending.
Issues:
May 4, 2014
Also this year, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) has written a bill that would at least post all the reports on a public Web site so the public can read them.“This information could help other people,” Quigley said. “It could help farmers. It could help businesses.”
Issues:
Government Transparency