Press Releases
EVANSTON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) joined fellow Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Katie Porter (CA-45), Donna E. Shalala (FL-27), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) in sending a letter to Vice President Mike Pence demanding details on the administration's plan to develop, manufacture, produce, and distribute a coronavirus vaccine.
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the Trump Administration's deployment of additional federal law enforcement to Chicago under Operation Legend, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Chuy García (IL-04) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and Attorney General William Barr to ensure that the civil rights of Chicagoans are protected and demanding additional information on the scope of the operation.
EVANSTON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Senior Chief Deputy Whip, and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) introduced the Mentoring to Succeed Act, legislation that increases support for school-based mentoring programs in order to help at-risk youth thrive in their schools, careers, and life. The bill would invest in mentoring programs that help students overcome adversity and trauma and develop the workforce skills employers are seeking. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth introduced the Senate companion of the legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, released a statement highlighting significant victories for Illinois' 9th Congressional District and other communities across America in H.R. 7617, the second fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, that just passed the House.
WASHINGTON, DC - 55 years ago today, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement in celebration of the anniversary:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's tweet regarding delaying the election:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), led Illinois Congressional delegation members in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging him to allow agency scientists and engineers in Illinois to continue working from home during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair, and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman, today sent a letter urging Congressional leadership to include key policies and dedicated funding in the upcoming coronavirus relief package to protect and support Americans living and working in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 7608, a domestic priorities and international assistance appropriations bill:
"I voted YES for this funding bill because it invests in the health and well-being of our nation's families and communities, and protects our nation's diplomatic and humanitarian priorities around the globe.