Press Releases
March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. House Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), member of Senior leadership and the Energy and Commerce Committee, was appointed by Speaker Pelosi as one of the three Democratic House members of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Also named was Xavier Bacerra, Vice Chair, Democratic Caucus and John Spratt, Chairman of the House Budget Committee.
 Ensures Affordable, Quality Health Care for All Americans
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WASHINGTON, DC (March 21, 2010) — History was made today in the century long fight to reform the American health care system and provide quality, affordable health care to all Americans. With the strong support of Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, the House tonight passed comprehensive health care reform by a vote of 219 to 212 making health care affordable for the middle class, providing security for seniors, and guaranteeing access to health insurance coverage for the uninsured.
WASHINGTON, DC (March 4, 2010) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-CA introduced the Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010, legislation to help families and small businesses whose access to health insurance is threatened by excessive premium increases. The legislation, H.R. 4757 in the House, would provide unprecedented authority to block unreasonable premium increases before they are allowed to take effect.
WASHINGTON, February 23 — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation that would phase out private security contractors in war zones.
The United States last year employed more than 22,000 hired guns in Iraq and Afghanistan. They protected diplomats, trained military and police officers, repaired and maintained weapons systems. Contractors also were involved with interrogations and intelligence gathering.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 18, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to President Obama's Executive Order that creates a budget task force which is charged with addressing America's deficit.
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WASHINGTON, DC (February 8, 2010) — Community banks and small businesses have reason to celebrate a recent Treasury Department decision to help Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) access capital so they are able to increase lending. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, was the leading advocate for the policy change that will support job creation and small business growth by providing capital to CDFI banks and credit unions at affordable rates.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 5, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to news that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA.), Chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues, along with sponsors Senators Collins (R-ME) and Snowe (R-ME) and Representatives Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ted Poe (R-TX), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced The International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) in the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 1, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement on the President's proposed FY 2011 budget that was made public earlier today. The President's budget includes tax cuts for 4.8 million Illinois families, $2.1 billion for Illinois schools, students, and teachers, and $2.5 billion to fix and expand the state's network of roads and highways, modernize airports, and expand water and sewer infrastructure. Also, the budget helps Illinois by providing $1.4 billion in new funding for Pell Grants to help families pay for college and $1.4 billion for housing assistance.
CHICAGO - U.S. Congressional representatives joined with representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau to alert communities that the 2010 Census is approaching. At the core of their message, the four representatives–from Illinois' 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th Congressional Districts–stressed the importance of the Census Bureau's current employment recruiting efforts as an important step in preparation for the actual Census in March. In order to complete the Census, the Census Bureau will need to attract a pool of approximately 100,000 applicants statewide for possible work as census takers.