Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement on the bipartisan, bicameral American Privacy Rights Act discussion draft:

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Jim McGovern (MA-02) and 37 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken asking them to withhold pending offensive weapons transfers to Israel after seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and to place conditions on future weapons assistance.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led their colleagues in filing a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to support the Juliana v. United States youth plaintiffs. The lawmakers asked the Court to allow the plaintiffs’ historic climate lawsuit to proceed to trial.

WASHINGTON - As Humanitarian Crisis Mounts in Gaza, six senior House Democrats –  Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) sent a letter urging President Biden to make clear that continued efforts by the Israeli government to restrict humanitarian aid to Gaza will require the United States to enforce Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act and restrict additional U.S. security assistance to Israel. The letter comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares to certify whether Israel has made credible and reliable written commitments to use U.S. weapons according to United States and international law.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement after House passage of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, a package of the final six domestic funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the United States. The legislation helps Americans deal with high prices, sides with the hard-working middle class, protects women’s rights, and reinforces America’s global leadership.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced the Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act, a bill that would help end the plague of illegal robocalls in America.  The legislation would give the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Do-Not-Call Registry teeth by providing all telephone subscribers, including small businesses, the ability to seek damages for all unconsented-to telemarketing calls immediately after such a call.  

U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Agricultural Food Chemical Reassessment Act, which requires the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reassess seven chemicals used in meat, dairy, and egg products.