Press Releases
CHICAGO- Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a woman’s right to choose:
“Today’s decision is an important victory for women, and I am relieved that one of the most harmful attacks on women’s health has been overturned. The decision today affirms what many of us already knew, that the restrictive anti-abortion law in Texas was unconstitutional and dangerous to women’s health.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) has introduced the Protect Consumers from Phony Phone Charges Act to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to restrict unauthorized third-party fees sneaked onto consumers’ wireless and landline phone bills:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on the President’s immigration actions:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released thefollowing statement after the 2016 Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports were released:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the Republicans released their alternative to the Affordable Care Act six years after the bill was signed into law:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) spoke on the House floor about the need for Speaker Ryan to allow a vote on gun safety legislation before the House goes on break. The text of the full remarks is below as well as a link to the video.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass amendments preventing individuals on the "Do Not Fly List" from buying a gun and expanding our background check system:
CHICAGO - Today, Representative Jan Schakowskyreleased the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the hate crime that killed nine parishioners at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.:
On Wednesday, Congresswoman Schakowsky gave the following floor speech in response to the shooting in Orlando:
“On Monday the House stood for the 27th time to bow our heads in silence for the unspeakable murders that took place in Orlando.”