Press Releases
APRIL 5, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY & DURBIN CHALLENGE PRESIDENT BUSH TO BRING DRIVERS RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP AFTER
THREE YEARS OF CLIMBING
PRICES UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today challenged President Bush to bring consumers in Chicago and across the country relief at the gas pump.
APRIL 1, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO DELIVER ON 2000
CAMPAIGN PROMISE
"TO WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS
IN OPEC TO CONVINCE THEM
TO OPEN UP THE SPIGOT,
TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a time when consumers in Chicago are paying increasingly high gas prices, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on President Bush to deliver on his 2000 campaign promise to convince OPEC "to open up the spigot."
APRIL 1, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNING OF ANTI-CHOICE LEGISLATION
A DANGEROUS STEP TOWARDS TAKING AWAY A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in reaction to President Bush signing into law the Unborn Victims of Violence Act:
"It is shameful that President Bush is using women who are victims of violence as political pawns in his game to erode Roe v Wade.
MARCH 30, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO WHITE HOUSE CAVING IN TO PUBLIC AND BI-PARTISAN PRESSURE FOLLOWING DECISION
TO ALLOW NSA RICE TO TESTIFY BEFORE 9/11 COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement after the White House caved to public pressure and bipartisan Congressional demands that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testify in public and under oath before the 9/11 Commission.
Below is Schakowsky's statement:
MARCH 25, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS FOLLOWING BUDGET VOTE:
REPUBLICANS VALUE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH OVER MEETING THE NEEDS OF MOST AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today blasted the Republican FY'05 budget and called it indefensible. Schakowsky added that Republicans "value tax cuts for the wealthy over meeting the needs of most Americans." Schakowsky, who is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement:
MARCH 23, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the Budget.
Speaking about his proposed budget, President Bush called on ".Congress to be wise with the taxpayer's money," and added that his Administration will work with Congress "to bring fiscal discipline to the appropriations process." (February 2, 2004)