Press Releases
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO IMMEDIATELY FIRE EDUCATION SECRETARY PAIGE
PAIGE CALLED NEA A "TERRORIST ORGANIZATION"
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement in reaction to Secretary Rod Paige calling the National Education Association a "terrorist organization." Below is Schakowsky's statement:
FEBRUARY 18, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS IN HONORING FALLEN WWII HERO JOHN SKLENA
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined in honoring John Sklena, a World War II hero who was killed in action in Germany, on September 17, 1944. He served with the 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd battalion, and is buried in Henri Chappel cemetery in Belgium.
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ WAR INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Iraq war intelligence.
During his weekly radio address, President Bush said on Saturday, February 14, 2004:
FEBRUARY 12, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LONG TERM DETENTION
OF IRAQI JUVENILES ABSENCE
OF FORMAL CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today expressed her concern about the long term detention of 13,000 Iraqis, including juveniles, without being formally charged, adding that this policy "further aggravates distrust of our troops" thus putting them in greater danger.
FEBRUARY 12, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
FY'05 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 today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania about the economy, President Bush said: "The numbers are good, but I don't worry about numbers, I worry about people."
FEBRUARY 11, 2004SCHAKOWSKY JOINS DEMOCRATS ON CALLING ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO CEASE AND DESIST DECEPTIVE MEDICARE CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on the Bush Administration to cease and desist its taxpayer-funded deceptive advertising campaign that distorts the truth and eliminates critical facts about the Medicare prescription drug law.
FEBRUARY 11, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY OPPOSES POSSIBLE COMCAST-DISNEY MERGERWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in reaction to Comcast's bid to buy Disney. Schakowsky is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee.
Below is Schakowsky's statement: