Press Releases
March 16, 2006
LEE-SCHAKOWSKY AMENDMENT TO PREVENT PERMANENT U.S. MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, DC -- An amendment to the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act sponsored by U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Barbara Lee, founding members of the Out-of-Iraq Caucus, today passed the House of Representatives. The Lee-Schakowsky-Allen-Hinchey amendment would prevent the U.S. from establishing permanent bases in Iraq.
March 15, 2006
SCHAKOWSKY URGES SUPPORT FOR LIBERIA
SAYS SIRLEAF'S HISTORIC ELECTION WILL TO NEW DAY FOR WAR-TORN NATION
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky today delivered the following statement in response to a joint session of Congress welcoming newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Schakowsky first met Sirleaf, the female African head-of-state, on an official delegation trip to Liberia three weeks ago.
The full statement is below:
March 9, 2006
SCHAKOWSKY PRESSES BODMAN ON HIGH NATURAL GAS PRICES, NUCLEAR INCIDENTS IN ILLINOIS
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today questioned Secretary of Energy Bodman about the record high natural gas prices facing Illinoisans, as well as the Administration's attempt to expand the nuclear power industry despite recent public health emergencies at Exelon plants in Illinois.