114th Congress
November 3, 2015
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) joined 109 fellow Democratic House members recently in urging House leaders to discontinue the longtime de facto ban on federal funding for research related to U.S. gun violence.
November 3, 2015
"Congressman welcome to the show I appreciate seeing you. Let me get right into it, with my first question. New Speaker of the House, life should be good there in Congress now. And, yet Paul Ryan say ‘guess what, immigration isn’t going to see the light of day.’ Is this just new name same policy? "
November 2, 2015
The Affordable Care Act marked an important step toward making quality and affordable health care accessible to every American. If you need health insurance coverage in 2015, you must sign up by the January 31st deadline.
Issues:
Health Care
October 30, 2015
Reps Quigley, Kinzinger hosted a discussion about the ongoing crisis in Syria, titled “Social Media & Running the Syrian Revolution," featuring footage from the internationally acclaimed documentary, #chicagoGirl.
Issues:
Defense and Foreign Affairs
October 30, 2015
Every year American taxpayers spend more than $100 million to produce original, top-notch policy research for federal lawmakers. The reports issued by the Congressional Research Service are unclassified and nonpartisan—a remarkably useful set of factual distillations of everything from the Pentagon's budget to an election in Haiti. And the public doesn’t have direct access to them.
October 28, 2015
Reps. Quigley, Price, DeLauro, Lowey and Kelly joined 110 democratic colleagues in urging House leadership to end the longstanding de facto ban on federal funding for gun violence research.
Issues:
Gun Violence Prevention
October 28, 2015
Rep. Quigley introduced the bipartisan Taxpayer Receipt Act, legislation that would provide each American with an itemized tax receipt showing how taxpayer dollars are spent, as well as how much the federal government is borrowing in their name.
Issues:
Government Transparency
October 28, 2015
Rep.Mike Quigley recognized LGBT activist and leader, Henry Gerber, on the House floor in honor of LGBT History Month.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
October 27, 2015
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5) joined Reps. John Carney (D-DE), Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) in introducing the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 late last week.The legislation would set up an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and formalizes a Small Business Advisory Committee, giving small businesses a voice and a line of communication with regulators and lawmakers.
October 27, 2015
Rep. Mike Quigley urged his colleagues on the House floor to consider bipartisanship compromise over politics in the wake of the debt ceiling crisis.