Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2012) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and 93 fellow House members sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to raise the alarm over human rights violations in Honduras where human rights defenders, journalists, community leaders and opposition activists are subject to death threats, attacks and extrajudicial executions. Today also marks the 18^th fatal attack on a member of the news media in the past two years after a Honduran journalist was killed by an unknown attacker wielding a machete.

House Budget Committee

Members' Day

March 8, 2012

Statement — Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Many people have said that budgets are moral documents. The choices that a family, a business, or a government make when crafting a budget say everything about where their priorities lie.

As a federal government, we face substantial short- and long-term deficit challenges that we have to address while simultaneously constructing a strong foundation for a bright economic future for our country.

Washington, DC (March 8, 2012) - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement in honor of International Women's Day:

"As we mark the 101^st International Women's Day and celebrate the achievements and contributions women have made to the international community, we also need to recognize the ways in which we have more work to do to protect and promote the rights of our sisters around the world.

Washington, DC (March 6, 2012) - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement on the passing of Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ):

WASHINGTON, DC — (March 2, 2012) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today in response to the disrespectful and inappropriate attacks leveled on Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke who testified at a hearing held by the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on the issue of women's health last week:

WASHINGTON, DC — (February 29, 2012) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today in response to the Department of Transportation's announcement that the final rule to expand the rear visibility standard in vehicles will be delayed. The rulemaking was required by the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, which was sponsored by Rep. Schakowsky and became law in February 2008.

In response to new hardship data, Members of Congress, Community Leaders Call for Adequate Funding of Food Stamp Program