117th Congress
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, released the following statement after the Biden administration released 400 records of White House visits from the first weeks of his administration and pledged to release the logs monthly moving forward:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after a federal judge criticized former Attorney General William Barr's handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report and accusing Barr of misleading Congress, the public, and the court:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, released a statement following President Joe Biden's first joint address to Congress:
"Just 99 days into President Biden's presidency, our country has come together to make incredible progress in the fight against the pandemic. President Biden and Democrats know the work isn't over yet.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, announced his support for ten community projects for consideration in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year. The ten community projects were selected from nearly 100 applications and marks the first time members have been able to submit specific community projects for direct funding in over a decade.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, announced his support for five projects that he has submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee for funding as part of surface transportation authorization legislation.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, released the following statement after President Biden's announcement that the United States will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and will achieve net-zero emissions by no later than 2050:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) , a Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, released a statement after Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge announced that HUD is withdrawing the previous administration's proposed rule that would have weakened the Equal Access Rule.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act, or the PROTECT Immigration Act, legislation which would end the deputization of local and state police departments to enforce immigration law.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after House Democrats voted to pass H.R. 51, the Washington DC Admission Act, which seeks to grant statehood to the District of Columbia:
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, questioned Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge during a hearing held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. Quigley questioned Fudge about Trump appointee Ben Carson's decision to remove LGBTQ nondiscrimination guidance from HUD's website and thanked Fudge when she revealed the Department's intention to restore this guidance.