Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky and the Select Panel Democratic Members sent a letter to Chair Marsha Blackburn to condemn the process by which the Panel has conducted its work to date and request a Panel vote on the Democrats’ proposed investigative plan and rules. Republicans have continued to exclude Democrats, persisted in sending out dangerous and overbroad document requests, and even failed to hold an initial organizational meeting.

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the President released his budget proposal:

The Affordable Care Act took steps to lower Medicare prescription drug costs and newly-released data shows that nearly 11 million seniors and persons with disabilities have already saved more than $20.8 billion. Since 2010, the law has saved Illinoisans on Medicare more than $767 million on prescription drug costs. In 2015 alone over 196,000 beneficiaries saved over $204 million. Many seniors and those with disabilities also took advantage of preventative services with no coinsurance as well as having an annual wellness visit.

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against legislation that would undermine key components of the Iran nuclear agreement:

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against a Republican effort to override the President’s veto of a reconciliation bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood:

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-6) and Janice Schakowsky (IL-9), Co-Chairs of the Seniors Task Force, urged the Obama Administration to fully fund Older American Act Programs.

CHICAGO — Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), members of the Quiet Skies Caucus, released the following statement in response to the announcement by Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the City of Chicago to complete the O’Hare Modernization Program:

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: