Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS WOMEN DEMOCRATS TO DENOUNCE GOP FOR STONEWALLING GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION "IT IS INEXCUSABLE TO DELAY"
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined women Democratic House members to oppose Republican stonewalling of common sense gun safety legislation.
Schakowsky expressed disappointment that Speaker Hastert (R-IL) will not appoint conferees before the July 4th recess, even though he promised to do so following the debate and vote on the juvenile justice bill earlier this month.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKYON THE PRESIDENT'S MEDICARE PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement on President Clinton's plan to modernize and strengthen Medicare for the 21st Century.
"I applaud the President's Medicare proposal both because of its many provisions that improve health care for 39 million elderly and people with disabilities, and because it flatly rejects schemes that would destroy the social insurance nature of Medicare and erode its guaranteed benefits.
WELFARE REFORM LETTER TO THE EDITOR CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/22/99
Letters to the Editor
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, IL
Dear Editor:
The June 14, 1999, editorial "Welfare Reform's Good Report Card," failed to make the grade. The editorial did not mention in any detail the detrimental impact of the welfare reform bill on the hundreds of thousands of low-income families who lost their health insurance and are now without any medical coverage.
JUNE 22, 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and members of Congress expressed concern and outrage about the safety of thirteen Iranian Jews who were arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Schakowsky cosponsored a Concurrent Resolution introduced by Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA) condemning " in the strongest possible terms, the recent arrest of members of Iran's Jewish minority" and calling for their immediate release.
SCHAKOWSKY TO PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES"YOUR TIME OF OVERCHARGING SENIORS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WILL COME TO AN END"
ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE SUPPORT LEGISLATION
TO END THE STATUS QUO & ELIMINATE PRICE DISCRIMINATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. Pointing to the support of national seniors, labor, and consumer organizations for the Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act, HR 664, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today warned pharmaceutical companies that their practice of overcharging seniors for prescription drugs would come to an end.