114th Congress
May 12, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), introduced the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act, which would help prevent the deaths of millions of birds by including bird-safe building materials and design features across federal buildings.
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May 5, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced Zhi Wei Tan from Lincoln Park High School as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Illinois’ Fifth Congressional District.
May 5, 2015
"If they close the diagonals, that's the end of the argument," said U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat whose district includes suburbs near the airport. Quigley argued people did not get enough information about noise when the O'Hare modernization plan was first discussed years ago.
May 1, 2015
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Jared Polis (CO-02) offered an amendment to the FY2016 Energy & Water (E&W) Appropriations Bill that would have saved taxpayers $167 million by maintaining the FY2015 acquisition schedule for the nuclear-armed cruise missile warhead (W80-4).
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Defense & National Security
April 30, 2015
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03) introduced the bipartisan Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s from Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act, which would exempt foreign-born individuals who have earned an American Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.
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Immigration
April 30, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) offered an amendment to the Energy & Water (E&W) Appropriations Bill that would save $167 million from the new nuclear-armed cruise missile warhead (W80-4) and apply the savings toward deficit reduction.
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Defense & National Security
April 28, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the landmark marriage equality case, Obergefell v. Hodges.
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LGBTQI+ Rights
April 28, 2015
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley was on hand for the launch. "By helping businesses take the critical step of launching online, this initiative not only opens up economic opportunities for Chicago small business owners, but expands and enriches the marketplace for consumers who can now experience some of Chicago’s local treasures," said Quigley in a statement.
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Economy and Jobs
April 27, 2015
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) green-lighted a study by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reexamine the current metric used to determine acceptable aircraft noise pollution.
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Transportation
April 24, 2015
Everyday billions of cyber attacks from cyber criminals and hostile countries threaten American businesses, America’s critical infrastructure, and the personal information of American consumers. By enabling voluntary information sharing of cyber threats between and among the private sector and the government, the bipartisan Protecting Cyber Networks Act is an important step forward in providing businesses and the government the tools necessary to better defend the safety and economic security of our nation.
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