117th Congress
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which extends anti-discrimination protections to employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing, and public accommodations.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, pressed IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig on issues Americans have experienced with receiving their stimulus payments. During a hearing on oversight of the IRS, Quigley questioned Commissioner Rettig about constituents who have not received the full stimulus payments they are entitled to or who have not received their payments at all.
After the hearing concluded, Quigley released the following statement:
As the global pandemic continues, millions of Americans are facing new health concerns and also remain underinsured or uninsured and still need affordable health coverage. Thats why President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a Special Enrollment Period so you and your families can apply and enroll in the coverage you need.
Beginning today, February 15, 2021, through August 15, 2021, you can purchase, change, or renew your health care plans under the Affordable Care Act for coverage starting on the 1st of the next month.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of incitement:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, released a statement after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that they will immediately begin to enforce Fair Housing Act protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMS) Act to provide much-needed assistance to gyms, fitness studios, and fitness facilities that have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GYMS Act would provide $30 billion to the Small Business Administration to disburse grants to eligible fitness business.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives to praise President Joe Biden's executive action to begin the process of re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement and to emphasize the need for urgent legislative action in support of the President's climate plan.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) led a letter to incoming DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to request that the Biden administration reject the proposed changes by the Trump administration's FEMA that threaten to divert funding in the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) away from cities that rely on the funds to keep Americans safe. Under the proposed new procedures, there will be no guaranteed minimum allotments for cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles for the first time.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) reintroduced the Big Cat Public Safety Act to prohibit the private ownership of big cats like tigers, lions, leopards, and pumas and end the abusive cub petting industry.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement after Joe Biden signed more than a dozen executive orders to confront the coronavirus pandemic head-on, lead the fight against the climate crisis, and rollback President Trump's most harmful policies:
"When President Biden said, ‘help is on the way,' he meant it. The Biden administration wasted no time getting to work for the American people and providing our nation with much-needed leadership.