Press Releases
DEMOCRATS LAUNCH EFFORT ON BEHALF
OF DISABLED MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS IN ILLINOIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Democrats in an effort to force the Republican Leadership in the House to schedule a vote on legislation that would authorize full payment of both retirement pay and disability compensation to half a million disabled military retirees.
Currently, veterans who retire with 20 years of honorable service, and who have a service-related disability, are not permitted to collect both retirement and disability pay concurrently.
SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT DETAILING
ABUSE OF IMMIGRANTS FOLLOWING 9/11
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to a report by the Inspector General of the the Department of Justice detailing the mistreatment of immigrants detained after 9/11.
Below is Schakowsky's statement:
SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS WANT SMALL GOVERNMENT - JUST SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE YOUR BEDROOM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following statement during debate on H.R. 760, so called partial birth abortion bill:
Republicans want small government - just small enough to fit inside your bedroom.
H.R. 760 forces government to step between pregnant mothers and their doctors, interfering with a doctor's ability to make the safest and healthiest decisions for the mother.
Never mind that this bill is certifiably unconstitutional.
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORTS
FOR TRUTH ON WMD
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and others in calling on the Bush Administration to release evidence about claims made by the President relating to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. The members announced plans to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry to compel the Administration to justify its action.
Below is Schakowsky's statement:
SCHAKOWSKY: SMOKELESS TOBACCO IS A THREAT TO OUR NATION'S PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN
NEARLY ONE IN SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
USE DIP/CHEW/SPIT TOBACCO
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today debunked claims by the tobacco industry that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, adding, "Smokeless tobacco is a threat to our nation's public health, and especially to the health of our children."
SCHAKOWSKY, DEMOCRATS WORK TO UNDO DAMAGE TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT BUSH CANCEL CHILD CREDIT CHECKS FOR FAMILIES MAKING BETWEEN $10,500 AND $25,625 -
THAT'S NEARLY 1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN ILLINOIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said it is time "to reverse the damage done by the disgusting choices" made by President Bush and the Republican Congressional Leadership. To make room for their latest tax break to millionaires, Republicans denied families making between $10,500 and $26,625 a year an increase in the child credit.