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July 30, 2018
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By Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) for CNBC.

Drug companies are making record profits and at the same time raising the prices of life-saving prescription drugs more and more every day. What's worse, drug companies have no legal obligation to justify or explain the massive spikes in drug prices.

Issues:Health

January 13, 2000
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JANUARY 13, 2000

REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON SPEAKER HASTERT AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS FROM THE HOUSE CHAPLAIN SELECTION PROCEEDINGSSCHAKOWSKY: "LET'S ASSURE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS IN SELECTING HOUSE CHAPLAIN AND THAT ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENTS DON'T EXIST IN CONGRESS"

January 11, 2000
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JANUARY 11, 2000

REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY WARNS THAT SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOUGED BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES UNLESS CONGRESS PASSES SENSIBLE LEGISLATIONJOINS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE

May 31, 2016
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After multiple attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act without proposing anything to take its place, House Republicans say that they are finally poised to present their ideas. It's been six years of attacks with no alternatives. If a proposal is finally presented next month, I have one simple question: Will my Republican colleagues propose real improvements or will they take us backwards in time?

Issues:Health

May 31, 2016
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After multiple attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act without proposing anything to take its place, House Republicans say that they are finally are poised to present their ideas. It's been six years of attacks with no alternatives. If a proposal is finally presented next month, I have one simple question: Will my Republican colleagues propose real improvements or will they take us backwards in time?

Issues:Health

October 8, 2013
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The Daily Herald

October 8, 2013

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131008/news/710089721/

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, was arrested Tuesday for blocking a street near the National Mall at an immigration reform rally in Washington, her spokeswoman said.

Schakowsky was with other demonstrators as part of a civil disobedience effort calling for immigration reform, spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said.


December 4, 2012
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The American people deserve to know the potential fallout of the fiscal cliff battle

  • Roll Call | By Rep. Jan Schakowsky
  • Dec. 3, 2012, 7:19 p.m.

There has been a lot of talk lately about how to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Now it's time to get specific – not just about numbers but about how the proposals would affect real people.

Issues:Commonsense Budgeting for AllMedicareSeniors and Medicaid

October 25, 2012
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By Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Published in Reuters | October 24, 2012

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/24/the-sham-of-simpson-bowles/

Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson deserve some kind of medal for creating the widely held perception that their plan for reducing the deficit and debt is anything other than a bad proposal.

Issues:Economy, Jobs & TaxesFair Taxation