Press Releases
October 3, 2006
SCHAKOWSKY HAILS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
WASHINGTON, DC -Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement to commemorate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I salute the more than 2,000,000 breast cancer survivors in the United States, pay tribute to the memories of those who have fallen victim to this terrible disease, and thank the many activists who are working so hard to find a cure.
Press Release
September 28, 2006IN WAKE OF HP SCANDAL, SCHAKOWSKY RENEWS CALL FOR END TO PRETEXTING
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, made the following statement at the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal:
September 25, 2006
SCHAKOWSKY DEMANDS ACTION ON DARFUR crisis
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Democratic Whip, today expressed strong support for three bills to address the grave humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
Rep. Schakowsky's full statement is below:
SCHAKOWSKY leads bipartisan letter to the sudanese president condemning his denial of the darfur genocide and his anti-Semitic comments at the un general assembly
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Democratic Whip, was joined by a bipartisan group of 88 of her colleagues on a letter to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir calling on him to apologize for and retract his dangerous and fictitious accusations directed towards the American Jewish community.
SCHAKOWSKY, HOUSE DEMOCRATS, CONDEMNVOTER ID LAW
NEW BILL COULD DISENFRANCHISE MILLIONS OF AMERICAN VOTERS
WASHINGTON, DC -- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 4844, the so-called Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006. Beginning in 2008, this bill imposes a requirement that eligible voters must present a government-issued photo identification and beginning in 2010, eligible voters must present a government-issued photo identification that would prove they are a citizen.
SCHAKOWSKY FOCUSES ON CONTACT LENS POLICY
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, ranking member on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, at a hearing before the Subcommittee today called for consumers' interests to be met so that they have access to safe and affordable contact lenses: