Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY SCORES 100% FROM
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
ALL ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN
AND SENATOR DURBIN RECEIVE PERFECT SCORE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) received a perfect score from The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is one of the nation's largest grassroots organizations devoted to ensuring retirement security for all Americans.
SCHAKOWSKY WELCOMES STUDENTS
BACK TO SCHOOL
JOINS DEBORAH LYNCH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION, TO GREET FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT CHRISTIAN EBINGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) welcomed elementary school students and teachers back to school on Tuesday morning, September 3, 2002. Schakowsky was joined by Deborah Lynch, the President of the Chicago Teachers' Union, to greet faculty and students at Christian Ebinger Elementary School.
SCHAKOWSKY MAPS OUT PLAN TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR MINORITY CHILDREN
DELIVERS COMPREHENSIVE SPEECH TO DOCTORS AT ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN PARK RIDGE
PARK RIDGE, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today delivered a comprehensive speech on health care for minority children to doctors at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.
"Minority children, their families and their caregivers are faced with two problems, not just one - the need to guarantee access to quality medical care and the need to guarantee that the care is free from bias," Schakowsky said.
SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today addressed the American Federation of Government Employees Convention in Chicago. Schakowsky is a dues-paying member of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE!). Below is Schakowsky's statement.
Over the past 2 years, we have seen a coordinated and concerted effort by Republicans to attack public employees through (1) budget cuts, (2) privatization and deregulation and (3) anti-union activities.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
USED ENRON-LIKE ACCOUNTING
TOP DEMOCRAT ON GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY SUBCOMMITTEE CALLS FOR HEARING ON LATEST PENTAGON FINANCIAL ABUSES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), the top Democrat on the Government Efficiency Subcommittee, today called for a hearing to examine the latest round of financial abuses and accounting mismanagement at the Defense Department.