Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ACTION ON BILL TO HELP ILLINOIS RETIREES
URGES PRESIDENT CLINTON TO WORK TO WIN ENACTMENT OF THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS' IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) called on President Clinton to make the enactment of the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000, H.R. 4844, one of his priorities before Congress adjourns. Schakowsky said that the legislation would help retirees in Illinois and improve financial security for hundreds of thousands of senior citizens and their families across the country.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY ON ATTACKS ON JEWISH RESIDENTS OF WEST ROGERS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement after last night's attacks on Jewish residents of the West Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago.
"I am concerned and deeply saddened that Chicago residents are being singled out for attack because they are Jewish.
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS HOUSE FAILURE TO PASS HATE CRIMES BILL
A "LOST OPPORTUNITY"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Calling it a "lost opportunity," U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today expressed disappointment following the House's failure to pass legislation strengthening federal hate crimes law. A provision strengthening hate crimes law was included in a Senate bill to authorize funding for the Department of Defense. However, the provision was removed from the final bill that passed today by the House of Representatives.
Below is Schakowsky's statement.
SCHAKOWSKY MEETS WITH MADD NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT DELEGATE OLGA SHULGA FROM SKOKIE
SUMMIT FOCUSES ON UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION POLICY SOLUTIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today met with Olga Shulga, a student from Skokie, Illinois, and one of the 435 youth delegates representing all the Congressional Districts at the MADD National Youth Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking. Shulga is a student at Niles North High School