Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC (September 2, 2009) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to the State Department's decision to grant an extension to Blackwater for operations in Iraq. Rep. Schakowsky has been critical of using private contractors to provide armed security services for U.S. government personnel.
WASHINGTON, DC (July 31, 2009) — A major step was taken today to limit annual health insurance premium increases; the first time in history legislation of this kind has been approved. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, passed legislation through the House Energy & Commerce Committee that would prevent excessive annual premium increases while reducing health care costs for families and small businesses. The Schakowsky Amendment will limit annual increases in premiums for Exchange-participating plans to 150 percent of medical inflation.
| For Immediate Release: June 11, 2009 | Contact: Trevor Kincaid |
WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2009) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement after the shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC that resulted in the death of Office Stephen Tyrone Johns. "A decade ago, a hatemonger came to my district and shot men and women leaving their synagogue on the Sabbath. When he failed to kill anyone he set his sites on a young African American man, Ricky Byrdsong, who was playing with his children and killed him in cold blood.
Washington, DC (May 20, 2009) — Growing noise pollution from planes at Chicago O'Hare International Airport has caused tremendous frustration for residents within ear shot of airplanes coming and going. O'Hare maintains that aircraft noise is below the Federal Aviation Administration's mandated levels, but residents protest the FAA method does not accurately measure air traffic noise.