Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC (January 25, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement after President Obama's State of the Union address.
"President Obama struck just the right tone in his address to the nation. He was optimistic as he set out a strategy for America to 'Win the future.' There were some passages in particular that resonated with me as a Progressive.
WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) —Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced companion legislation to prevent insurance companies from implementing unfair health insurance rate increases.
The Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2011 would give the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to deny or modify premium or rate increases that are found to be excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 22, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling.
"Today marks the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, which permanently and historically wove a woman's right to choose into the fabric of our country's values.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 12, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, to remember those who died, and to pay tribute to the remarkable perseverance of the Haitian people.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 12, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the findings of President Obama's National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 8, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), issued the following statement on the shooting in Arizona involving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08 ), members of her staff, and some of her constituents.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 6, 2011) — Today on the House floor, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) made the following statement opposing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 6, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), delivered the following testimony today during a meeting of the House Rules Committee. Schakowsky, along with other Democrats, offered a number of amendments to protect popular consumer protections and to highlight the critical imprortance of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans rejected all Democratic amendments.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 5, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), member of President Obama's 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, released the following statement today in response to the new Republican House Rules for the 112th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC (December 22, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), founding member and Vice-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement today after President Obama signed H.R. 2965, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, into law.