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Jul 14, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced a bipartisan bill to make all reports written for Congress by federal agencies available to the public. The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act creates a single website where the public can easily search, sort and download all congressional reports from agencies ranging from the Health and Human Services to the Department of Education.
Jul 13, 2016
Editorials
"Gun to the right. No gun to the left" was the greeting heard by attendees entering the cavernous hall in Crown Point, Ind., that hosted the Central Indiana Gun and Knife Show. The Industrial Arts Building on the Lake County Fairgrounds has played host to garden shows and home improvement and craft vendors. But on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, the rambling, 90-year-old brick building played host to products that were of an altogether different nature.
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Jul 12, 2016
Editorials
Our current blood donation policy for gay and bisexual men reinforces tired stereotypes about gay men. Is this really the message we want to send to many healthy young men who go to donate blood for the first time, maybe at their high school blood drive or to help a friend or family member in need -- that their blood is worth less because of whom they love?
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Jul 8, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Ranking Democrat on the Emerging Threats subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), released the following statement on the shooting that killed five police officers and wounded seven others in Dallas
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Jul 7, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) honored fallen Chicago Police Officer Joseph P. Cali by introducing a bill to rename the United States Post Office at 6300 N. Northwest Highway in Chicago, Illinois as the “Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building.”
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Jul 7, 2016
Speeches
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) urged his colleagues on the House floor to act on climate change before our limited water resources run dry.
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Jul 5, 2016
Editorials
People are familiar with Ozone Action Days — times when ozone levels are high and people should be cautious. They should also make themselves familiar with Overflow Action Days. Overflow Action Days are days when the Chicago area has been hit with so much rain that people really should conserve water at home until the local sewer system has a chance to catch up with all the extra water. Overflow Action Days are important because if people don’t conserve water at home, our sewers back up and untreated sewage is released into Chicago area waterways, including the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.
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Jul 5, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on the passing of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, former Illinois Congressman Abner Mikva, who passed away at age 90.
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Jun 30, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), took his “Mike on the Move” transportation initiative to Elk Grove Village, Illinois to ride Chicago’s Terminal Short Line Railroad.
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Jun 29, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), went “undercover” at Chicago’s Goose Island Beer Company filling wine barrels with the ingredients for Gillian, a Belgian style farmhouse ale, and learning how Goose Island incorporates sustainable practices into their daily operations.
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