Press Releases
CHICAGO- Representative Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the proposed Pfizer-Allergan merger:
American consumers are sick and tired of pharmaceutical companies charging too much for prescription drugs, and American taxpayers are sick and tired of footing the bill for large corporations that dodge their fair tax share. Pfizer has combined the worst of both practices – this week announcing a proposed merger with Allergan designed to boost its profits while slashing its tax payments.
CHICAGO – Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement about the first-degree murder charge filed against Officer Jason Van Dyke:
“After more than a year of investigation, Officer Jason Van Dyke has been formally charged with the murder of Laquan McDonald. I strongly support that decision. Law enforcement officers are sworn to serve and protect. It is clear that in this case, that oath was violated. I believe that these charges are not only appropriate but necessary in order to ensure that justice is done.
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after Ezra Schwartz and four others were murdered yesterday:
"I am sickened to learn of the death of Massachusetts teenager Ezra Schwartz and four others who were senselessly murdered yesterday. Ezra is yet another innocent victim in this seemingly endless cycle of violence. As I continue to say, the only solution is to end incitement, and work toward a path for a two-state solution."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against legislation that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the United States:
“Last week’s tragic attacks in Paris and Lebanon were a horrific reminder of the threat that terrorism poses to our global community. They also showed us the importance of coming together as one community to stand strong against those who wish to rip the world apart to serve their narrow ideological ends.
Washington, DC – Today members of the House Democratic Caucus joined public interest groups and progressive organizations to call on House Leadership to reject divisive policy riders in the FY 2016 Omnibus and to bring a clean spending bill to the floor.
More than 160 Members of Congress signed a letter to House Leadership calling on them to prevent another unnecessary government shutdown by rejecting poison-pill provisions and partisan brinksmanship.
The full text of the letter can be found here.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris:
“I am horrified by the events in Paris that have killed at least 129 people and injured more than 300. My heart goes out to the people of Paris in this terrible time. All Americans can relate to their anguish, and, like all civilized people, are experiencing our own sense of vulnerability
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States announced that they would hear Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole:
“The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Texas laws that restrict access to safe abortions – the most important case for women’s health and reproductive choice since Roe v. Wade. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Decades of advances in women’s health and women’s rights are on the line.
WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); Chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East; and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representative commemorating the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and honoring Rabin’s life and legacy.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after President Barack Obama announced that he would reject the Keystone XL Pipeline project:
“I strongly support the President’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. As I have consistently said, Keystone XL is all risk, no reward, and I have consistently opposed its construction.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky voted in support of the Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 22, The DRIVE Act. She released the following statement after her vote:
It is long past time that we enact a long-term transportation bill to provide certainty to states, localities, businesses, and workers. The motion to go to conference moves that process forward by allowing House and Senate negotiators to hash out a final deal. I was proud to support it.