Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS IT IS REPREHENSIBLE THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES CONTINUE TO DENY HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS THEIR RIGHTFUL CLAIMS
1100 SURVIVORS FROM ILLINOIS FILED CLAIMS FOR INSURANCE; ONLY 14 HAVE RECEIVED OFFERS FOR PAYMENTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a hearing today of the House Government Reform Committee, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that it is reprehensible that insurance companies continue to deny Holocaust survivors their rightful claims. Schakowsky's Congressional District includes Skokie, home to one of the largest concentrations of survivors in the country.
SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS IDENTITY THEFT BY TERRORISTS AND CRIMINALS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who authored legislation last year to protect consumers against identity theft, expressed urgency in addressing this growing crime especially in the wake of the September 11 attack.
Schakowsky issued the following statement during a hearing of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Ways & Means Subcommittee on Social Security.
REPS. WAXMAN AND SCHAKOWSKY CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO RESCIND HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT GREATLY RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
"The Executive Order violates the intent of Congress
and keeps the public in the dark"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a hearing of the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released a letter to President Bush calling on him to rescind his Executive Order limiting the public's access to Presidential records.