Women's Issues
Republicans attempted to sneak in the Hyde Amendment language into the Build Back Better Act. We voted that effort down because we must protect the right of women to make their own health care decisions. #WomensHealth#ReproductiveHealth#BuildBackBetter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hearing on Women Fighting for Peace: Lessons for Today’s Conflicts
March 22, 2016
Jan Schakowsky submitted the following statement for the record to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the important role that women must play as stake holders in conflict resolution around the world:
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion laws and access to care have varied substantially from state to state. Illinois has taken steps to safeguard abortion rights and access. In January 2023, Governor JB Pritzker signed measures bolstering protections for personal reproductive health care and gender affirming care, safeguarding abortion providers and patients against out-of-state legal action, and ensuring insurance coverage for necessary care.
EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced the details of the $3.4 million she secured for specific community projects throughout the 9th Congressional District.
EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced the projects in her district for which she has submitted funding requests. Earlier this year, Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro announced that the annual funding process would once again allow Members of Congress to request funding for specific projects.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chairwoman of Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced the Safer Beauty Bill Package. The bill package will include four separate bills that offer a bold and progressive update to an increasingly outdated set of federal cosmetics laws.
EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, announced her virtual guest for President Joe Biden's first speech to a joint session of Congress.
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement in response to President Biden's announcement of initiatives to protect seniors and people with disabilities living in nursing homes, which he will discuss in tonight's State of the Union:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) celebrated the Senate introduction of the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act. Schakowsky has already introduced H.R. 1670, the House companion bill, which now has 180 cosponsors. The Senate bill, which U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced today, would repeal the 1973 Helms Amendment to the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act. This would ensure that U.S.