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This week, I talk about the vote on the debt ceiling. I also talk about my hearing in the #SubConsumer subcommittee on supply chain and manufacturing issues we are seeing. This week, I introduced a bill dealing with social media platforms and the harms their algorithms may cause.
This week, I provide some updates on the Debt Ceiling vote and the work on the Build Back Better bill. I also discuss President Biden's visit to the Chicago area, and some related COVID-19 updates. This week I introduced some legislation, including the Safer Beauty Bill Package and the INFORM Consumer Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after voting against the H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022:
My weekly update for my constituents this week includes some updates on Afghanistan, the Budget vote, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Starting today, #ChildTaxCredit payments will begin hitting bank accounts and mailboxes of millions of American families. With the American Rescue Plan, we're delivering one of the most significant reductions in child poverty ever.
Today, I hosted a press conference on the day Child Tax Credit payments would begin. I was happy to join staff and families of Christopher House, an organization in my district that provides children and their parents with resources they need for success in education, work and life.
Lots of updates during this "recess" week. I talk about the #PeoplesResponseAct we introduced last week, and President Joe Biden's visit to the area.
EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, was joined by Congressman Adriano Espaillat and Congressman Mike Quigley in asking Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to immediately end three programs that create unnecessary burdens on local law enforcement. These controversial programs places unnecessary burdens on state and local law enforcement budgets and personnel. Local law enforcement leaders have opposed programs and attempts to make state and local departments extensions of federal enforcement efforts.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 7608, a domestic priorities and international assistance appropriations bill:
"I voted YES for this funding bill because it invests in the health and well-being of our nation's families and communities, and protects our nation's diplomatic and humanitarian priorities around the globe.