Press Releases
EVANSTON, IL - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky announced today that her constituent, longtime small business advocate and former solo-entrepreneur Geraldine "Geri" Sanchez Aglipay, will be her guest at the upcoming State of the Union Address. Geri is the Midwest manager of outreach, education, and policy efforts at Small Business Majority, an organization that advocates for small businesses across the country and provides tools and resources to small businesses and independent entrepreneurs, with a special focus on underserved communities.
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, released a statement on the first case of human-to-human transmission of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States, which has been confirmed in Illinois:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement following the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force:
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement upon passage of the "No War Against Iran Act" which would deny funding to the Trump Administration to wage war against Iran unless Congress issues a formal declaration of war:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Access to Medicines Co-Lead on Speaker Pelosi's 8-Member working group, made the following statement after President Trump signed the United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement into law:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, made the following statement after the House passed S. 3201, the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Schedule of Fentanyl Analogues Act:
"The number of overdoses and deaths related to fentanyl have skyrocketed in recent years. We are facing a public health crisis. However, I voted against S. 3201 because the bill has serious criminal justice implications. Furthermore, the emergency scheduling of fentanyl and similar substances as Schedule-1 drugs has not adequately decreased those deaths over the past two years.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issue the following statement in response to the White House's announced "Peace Plan":
EVANSTON, IL - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Providers and Clinics Task Force, released the following statement on the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:
"Forty-seven years ago today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decisive and transformative ruling in favor of reproductive health care as a constitutional right in the case of Roe v. Wade. The ruling was a victory for women across the United States and has saved countless lives by bringing abortions out of back alleys and into the health care setting, where they should be.
EVANSTON, IL - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, announced the winner of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge competition for the 9th Congressional District of Illinois.
"I am happy to announce that Max Ward, a resident of Mount Prospect and a senior at Prospect High School, has won this year's competition. Congratulations, Max!
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the House Budget Committee, made the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued their legal opinion on the actions surrounding the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine: