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March 28, 2017 Press Release

            Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order that will reverse our nation’s progress on climate change by undoing many of President Obama’s climate actions:

March 28, 2017 Press Release

Representative Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed a bill into law repealing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule, allowing government contractors to keep their labor violations hidden from the American taxpayers who pay their bills and the American workers who work for them.

March 24, 2017 Press Release

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement after House Republican leadership cancelled what would have been a failing vote on Trumpcare, and declared the legislation to be “dead”:

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March 23, 2017 Press Release

Washington D.C.–  This week the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) independent Actuary told leaders of the Senate Finance and House Energy & Commerce Committees that Trumpcare would lead to higher Medicare Part B premiums for seniors across the country in order to provide a tax break to pharmaceutical corporations.  The CMS Actuary estimated that

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March 21, 2017 Press Release
The Republican bill now allows states to kick new mothers off Medicaid, in addition to defunding Planned Parenthood and eliminating coverage for women's reproductive healthcare.
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March 21, 2017 Press Release

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement today after House Republicans released a last-minute Manager's Amendment to their health care bill that repeals the Affordable Care Act:

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March 16, 2017 Press Release

Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against the Republican bill to rip apart our health care system in the House Budget Committee:

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March 16, 2017 Press Release

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s FY18 budget, also known as the “skinny” budget: 

“The President’s FY18 budget belongs in the recycle bin next to his Muslim Bans.

March 15, 2017 Press Release

“It has been said that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing again and again expecting a different result” said Rep. Schakowsky. “President Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 is just as immoral, unconstitutional and dangerous to our national security as his first.

March 15, 2017 Press Release

Washington, D.C.– Four Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders today requested answers from the National Football League (NFL) and the U.S.

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