Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS COMMUNITY IN HONORING EVANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
EVASNTON, IL -- I would like to thank and honor Chief Frank Kaminski and Chief John Wilkinson for their efforts to keep the City of Evanston safe. As a 30-year Evanston resident, it is a special honor for me to have the opportunity to pay tribute to you, our men and women in uniform, who protect and serve the Evanston community everyday. Everyday you don your uniforms, you are risking your life for our protection, your well being for our safety, and your present for our future.
SCHAKOWSKY, OTHERS DEMAND EPA ACTION TO HALT EXCESSIVE DUMPING OF RAW SEWAGE BY MILWAUKEE INTO LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES TO OPEN THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today spearheaded a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman demanding that the agency enforce the Clean Water Act to halt the excessive dumping of raw sewage by Milwaukee into Lake Michigan.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEMAND END
TO WORKER ABUSE IN GAP FACTORIES WORLDWIDE AS EVIDENCE MOUNTS OF WIDESPREAD INTIMIDATION, EXPLOITATION AND SWEATSHOP CONDITIONS
UNVEIL VIDEO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE AGAINST WORKERS IN AFRICA AND RELEASE REPORT ON WORLDWIDE VIOLATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) today released evidence that factory workers who manufacture GAP Inc. clothing in Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean are being exploited, abused, threatened, and in some cases beaten and stabbed.
SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS FOR QUALITY VETERAN CARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations hearing on VA Health Care, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said, "we must provide the resources necessary to make sure that all veterans receive the quality medical care that they need and that they deserve."
Schakowsky's full committee hearing statement follows: