Press Releases

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, led 10 lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden, commending his administration’s actions countering Big Tech’s influence in trade negotiations, and asking him to replace “digital trade” provisions lobbied for by Big Tech in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations with new language to ensure regulatory agencies and Congress are able to counter Big Tech abuses and develop a new model for digital rules in trade agreements that promotes competition and protects workers, consumers, and small businesses.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) led 101 lawmakers in urging the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen and finalize the proposed Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting rule.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, a former elementary school teacher, was joined by Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Sean Casten (IL-06), Danny Davis (IL-07), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Delia Ramirez (IL-03) in issuing the following joint statement urging state lawmakers to oppose any extensions of the Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program:

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement calling for a humanitarian pause to facilitate aid to Gaza and the release of hostages:

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) introduced the No Toxics in Food Packaging Act to ban bisphenol A (BPA), per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), ortho-phthalates, styrene, and antimony trioxide from being used in food packaging and processing materials because science has demonstrated that these chemicals are detrimental to human health – they can cause cancer and disrupt hormones to name a few effects.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip, joined every other Democratic Jewish Member and 107 other Democrats in Congress to express unified support for President Biden’s strong and principled leadership in addressing conflict in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after two Evanston residents being held hostage by Hamas were released:

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), alongside Reps. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and James P. McGovern (MA-02) led 55 of their colleagues in condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas on the people of Israel, calling for Israeli military operations to follow the rules of international humanitarian law, and continuing to work toward peace in the region.