Press Releases
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
SCHAKOWSKY HAILS HOUSE PASSAGE OF VAWA
INCLUDES PROVISION SIMILAR TO SCHAKOWSKY BILL TO FUND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR BATTERED WOMEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today hailed the passage of H.R. 1248, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by the House of Representatives. Included in the bill is a provision similar to Schakowsky's bill, H.R. 1352, to fund transitional housing for battered women and children.
SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS $1.2 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP ILLINOIS DEVELOP UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PLAN
SCHAKOWSKY ORGANIZED LETTER IN JULY URGING APPROVAL OF GRANT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded a $1.2 million federal grant to help Illinois develop a plan to provide health care coverage to the uninsured.
SCHAKOWSKY, MALONEY AND OTHERS CALL ON HUD
TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM PREDATORY LENDERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today called on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Andrew Cuomo to take immediate action to protect consumers from predatory lenders. Nineteen other women members of Congress signed the letter.
In the letter, the members specifically called on the Secretary to: