Press Releases
December 3, 2004
CHICAGO-AREA MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TELL GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COLLABORATION TO SPEED UP
THE CLEAN UP
CHICAGO, IL-During the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Meeting held Friday in Chicago, U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) laid out an aggressive strategy to fight pollution and invasive species in the Great Lakes.
DECEMBER 2, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY IN BHOPAL, INDIA
CHICAGO, IL - Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal, India, disaster, when 27 tons of poisonous gas leaked from a storage tank at the Union Carbide Corp.'s pesticide plant. More than 7,000 Indians died in the immediate months after accident. The deadly effects continue today.
November 15, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY RESPONDS TO WASHINGTON POSTARTICLE ON GROWING FEDERAL DEFICIT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - {WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), in a letter to the editor, responded to a Washington Post article on the burgeoning federal deficit:
Letters to the Editor
The Washington Post
Via Email: letters@washpost.com
Dear Editor:
"When Colin Powell joined the Administration, he was a respected General and a shining star in the eyes of the world and the American people.