Press Releases

SCHAKOWSKY: SMOKELESS TOBACCO IS A THREAT TO OUR NATIONS PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN NEARLY ONE IN SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS USE DIP/CHEW/SPIT TOBACCO
June 3, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 3, 2003

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 THATS NEARLY 1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN ILLINOIS
June 3, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 3, 2003

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

SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT FOR OPEN AND FREE MEDIA. FCC DECISION IS AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND AN ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
June 2, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 2, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR OPEN AND FREE MEDIA

FCC DECISION IS AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND AN ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS DENY MILLIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE FAMILIES INCREASE IN CHILD TAX CREDIT PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS MILLIONAIRES EVEN AFTER REPUBLICANS OMIT PROVISION THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
May 29, 2003
Press Release
MAY 29, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS DENY
MILLIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE FAMILIES
INCREASE IN CHILD TAX CREDIT

PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS MILLIONAIRES EVEN AFTER REPUBLICANS OMIT
PROVISION THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that President Bush signed the tax bill even after a change in the eleventh hour by Republicans that prevents millions of low-income families from receiving the increased child tax credit.

SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKYS LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN
May 29, 2003
Press Release
MAY 29, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED

SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKY'S LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY
May 26, 2003
Press Release
MAY 26, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES
ON MEMORIAL DAY
SCHAKOWSKY: TAX BILL IS A JOB KILLING PACKAGE CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICAN JOB KILLING MACHINE THAT COST NATION 2.7 MILLION JOBS SO FAR
May 22, 2003
Press Release
MAY 22, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: TAX BILL IS A JOB KILLING PACKAGE CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICAN JOB KILLING MACHINE THAT COST NATION 2.7 MILLION JOBS SO FAR

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) tonight said that H.R. 2, the tax bill, is in fact ".a job killing package put forth by the Republican job killing machine that has already cost our country over 2 million jobs and $7 trillion.

Below is Schakowsky's Congressional Record statement in opposition to H.R. 2.

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO HONOR AMERICAS SERVICE PERSONNEL
May 22, 2003
Press Release
MAY 22, 2003

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO HONOR AMERICA'S
SERVICE PERSONNEL
PRESIDENT BUSH AND REPUBLICANS CONCENTRATE ON HELPING MILLIONAIRES INSTEAD OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS GOP REFUSING TO EXTEND FEDERAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SET TO EXPIRE MAY 31ST, 2003
May 21, 2003
Press Release
MAY 21, 2003

PRESIDENT BUSH AND REPUBLICANS CONCENTRATE ON HELPING MILLIONAIRES INSTEAD OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

GOP REFUSING TO EXTEND FEDERAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SET TO EXPIRE MAY 31ST, 2003

WASINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said President Bush and Republican Congressional leaders are refusing to pass legislation that would help 187,000 unemployed workers in Illinois and 3.4 million individuals nationwide.

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS NEARLY 100 HOUSE DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORT OF FREE AND OPEN MEDIA. OPPOSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO DESTROY ALREADY WEAKENED MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES
May 14, 2003
Press Release
MAY 14, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS NEARLY 100 HOUSE DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORT OF FREE
AND OPEN MEDIA

OPPOSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO DESTROY ALREADY WEAKENED MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today said, "The Bush Administration and the FCC have tuned out public voices and tuned in Rupert Murdock and all other media barons."