Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO STICK TO CAMPAIGN PROMISE
CANDIDATE BUSH IN 2000 TO OPEC:
"OPEN YOUR SPIGOTS"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on President Bush to follow through on his campaign promise and bring relief to consumers at the gas pump this summer. Last year, candidate Bush demanded that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) "open your spigots" to bring down the price of gasoline.
SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO FIGHT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION SCHEMES
PARTICIPATES IN THREE CHICAGO AREA EVENTS WITH SENIORS, INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF
THE ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that seniors are united against President Bush's privatization schemes guaranteed to lower Social Security benefits and cut Medicare services.
SCHAKOWSKY TO ADDRESS AIDS IN THE HEARTLAND CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO & TO EMPHASIZE ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN COMBATING HIV/AIDS IN THE MIDWEST
JUNE 5 MARKS THE 20TH YEAR OF THE FIRST FIVE AIDS CASES REPORTED TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is one of the featured panelists at a three day conference in Chicago on the AIDS crisis in the Midwest. The AIDS in the Heartland conference will begin on Wednesday, May 30, and Schakowsky is scheduled to participate on a federal panel with other elected officials on Friday, June 1.
SCHAKOWSKY URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS
9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RECEIVED $142 MILLION SINCE 1993 TO HIRE 2,081 OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on Congress to support community policing initiatives that have contributed to safer neighborhoods and schools and lower crime rates.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY ON
MONSIGNOR JOHN J. EGAN, 1916-2001
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Monsignor John J. Egan is a man who never wavered in his mission to promote justice and to better the lives of so many people. He struggled on behalf of the poor and working men and women, gave voice to the voiceless, and cared for those pushed aside by our society.
I personally called him a friend and am proud to have worked with him for many years. He was also a friend of every man, woman or child who needed a helping hand, a voice, or simply a sympathetic ear.
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXEMPT HOLOCAUST
RESTITUTION PAYMENTS FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
SCHAKOWSKY: "IT WOULD BE UNJUST FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY EVEN A FRACTION OF THOSE ALREADY MODEST FUNDS THROUGH TAXATION."
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Jerry Weller (R-IL) in introducing the Holocaust Victims Tax Fairness Act of 2001. The bipartisan legislation would ensure that any Holocaust restitution payments received by survivors or families of victims are exempt from federal income tax.