Press Releases
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.
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS NRA'S LAPIERRE IS OUT OF CONTROL
BLAMING THE PRESIDENT FOR THE MURDER OF FORMER NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY COACH RICKY BYRDSONG IS DESPICABLE AND INAPPROPRIATE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today called the latest comments by Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), inappropriate, sick, and totally out of control.
SCHAKOWSKY -- "WORLD BANK AIDS MARSHALL PLAN IS SMALL DROP IN A VERY BIG BUCKET"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Continuing her efforts to make affordable HIV/AIDS drugs available worldwide, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said today that the passage of the World Bank AIDS Marshall Plan is a "small drop in a very big bucket."
The bill, approved by the House Banking Committee, would create a worldwide trust fund that is administered by the World Bank and funded by governments, the private sector, and international organizations. Nations would be eligible to receive grants to address the HIV/AIDS crisis.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY ON REPUBLICANS' LATEST GIVEAWAY TO THE RICH
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that Republicans are putting at risk the economic welfare of 10 million workers by linking a miserly minimum wage increase to a tax bill that is nothing more than a $120 billion giveaway to the wealthiest 1% percent of taxpayers.
Below is Schakowsky's statement.