Press Releases
NOVEMBER 13, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
MEDICARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Medicare and prescription drugs.
During a meeting with seniors in Orlando, Florida to discuss Medicare and prescription drugs, President Bush said:
SCHAKOWSKY HONORS VETERANSEVANSTON, IL - It is a great honor and pleasure to be home today in Evanston and to be here with Bo Price who has so ably and with such great dedication year after year organized this meaningful ceremony, and with Mayor Morton, State Representative Julie Hamos, the other dignitaries, and with all of you who have gathered in this place.
This is a day of remembrance and rededication. We pause to remember the noble service and high sacrifice of those who have worn this nation's uniform. And we rededicate ourselves, in the words of President Lincoln, "to care for him who shall have borne the battle."
SCHAKOWSKY: JUSTICE FOR AMERICA'S DISABLED VETERANS
STUDY FINDS 7,000 DISABLED ILLINOIS VETERANS LOSE $32.6 MILLION IN BENEFITS ANNUALLYPARK RIDGE, IL - Calling for an end to the Disabled Veterans Tax, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) joined leaders of veterans' organizations to demand justice for disabled veterans in Illinois and across the country.
NOVEMBER 10, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
DISABLED VETERANS TAXWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the "Disabled Veterans Tax."
President Bush issued the following statement in a November 7, 2003
White House press release:
SCHAKOWSKY, SENATOR GRASSLEY UNCOVER LATEST ROUND OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE AT THE PENTAGON
SCHAKOWSKY WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HOLD DOD ACCOUNTABLE - BILL TO PREVENT MORE MONEY FOR DOD UNTIL IT BALANCES ITS BOOKSWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today uncovered the latest round of waste, fraud and abuse at the Pentagon, where political appointees, senior managers, military officers and supervisors, and others at the Department of Defense (DoD) wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on First and Business class travel.
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on environmental protection
President Bush, during remarks to honor Environmental Youth Award Winners, said:
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
U.S. CONTRACTORS IN IRAQWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on U.S. contractors in Iraq
Responding to a report by the Center on Public Integrity, which found that President Bush received $500,000 for his 2000 election campaign from contractors now performing work in Iraq, a State Department spokesman said:
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Iraq reconstruction efforts.
Dow Jones News Service reported today:
(President) Bush said that despite the continuing violence in Iraq progress is being made to rebuild the country and get it back on its feet.
JANUARY 7, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
CHILD TAX CREDIT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the child tax credit.
In a speech today to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said: