Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORT TO PASS NATIONWIDE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined members of Congress, victims, and advocates to call for a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty.
The news conference was organized by U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), chief sponsor of the Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2000 (AJA). Schakowsky is an original cosponsor of AJA. This legislation would institute a national moratorium on the death penalty until inmates have had the opportunity to explore potentially exculpatory DNA and other evidence.
REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ELIAN TO BE REUNITED WITH HIS FATHER
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called for the immediate reunification of Elian Gonzalez with his father. Schakowsky had recently contacted Attorney General Janet Reno to urge her to take the necessary steps to bring the father and son together as soon as possible.
Below is Schakowsky's statement.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY
IN RESPONSE TO OTS ANNOUNCEMENT ON PREDATORY LENDING
SCHAKOWSKY IS THE AUTHOR OF H.R. 3901, THE ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING ACT OF 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Banking Committee member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to the announcement by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) on predatory lending practices.
Schakowsky is the author of H.R. 3901, the Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2000. Her legislation would amend current statute to protect consumers from newly developed predatory lending practices.
SCHAKOWSKY OPPOSES ANY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
TO FORCE ELIAN GONZALEZ TO STAY IN THE UNITED STATES
CALLS ON RENO TO REUNITE ELIAN WITH HIS FATHER
WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called on Attorney General Janet Reno to reunite Elian Gonzalez with his father in Cuba. Schakowsky also said that she opposes any Congressional action that would force the young boy to remain in the United States.
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS HOUSE APPROVAL OF AID PACKAGE TO COLOMBIA
"A FIRST IN A SERIES OF BLANK CHECKS FOR A WAR WITH NO FORESEEABLE END GAME"
"IS THIS COUNTER-NARCOTICS OR COUNTER-INSURGENCY?" SCHAKOWSKY ASKS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the approval by the House of Representatives of a $13 billion emergency funding bill which included $1.7 billion in aid to Colombia, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that this was "a first in a series of blank checks for a war with no foreseeable end game."
REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY URGES ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA TO FILL OUT CENSUS FORM
WILL LEAD VOLUNTEERS ON APRIL 1 FOR CENSUS DAY OF ACTION TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO "STAND UP AND BE COUNTED"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined members of Congress to urge everyone to complete their Census forms as soon as possible.
REPRESENTATIVES SCHAKOWSKY, BLAGOJEVICH & RUSH ANNOUNCE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL NURSING HOME STANDARDS
RELEASE REPORT ON CHICAGO AREA NURSING HOME ABUSES
CHICAGO, IL - At a news conference to release a report on Chicago area nursing homes abuses, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) today announced plans to introduce legislation to strengthen federal nursing home standards. A daughter, whose mother suffered from severe bedsores while at a nursing home and who died last month, also participated at today's event.
SCHAKOWSKY AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT TO USE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD NAZI WAR CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABLE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today urged the government of Ukraine to "take in" Bohdan Koziy, a Nazi war criminal who has been ordered to leave of Costa Rica after living in that country for 15 years.
In a letter to Ukrainian President H.E. Leonid Kuchma, Schakowsky and more than 20 of her colleagues urged the President to take in Koziy, who is a Ukrainian native, and to consider this opportunity to hold him accountable for his crimes.