Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a statement on the passage of H.R. 3, The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, by a vote of 230-192:
"Today, the House passed the Elijah E. CummingsLower Drug Costs Now Act and accomplished a transformative, historic step to lower drug prices for people across the United States.
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, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky seeking information on the targeted marketing and sale of the company's talc-based baby powder and its potential to cause harm, particularly to women, teenage girls, and people of color, due to asbestos contamination.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, made the following statement on the passage of H.R. 4, The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, by a vote of 228-187.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, made the following statement on the passage of H. Res. 326, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the United States efforts to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution, by a vote of 226-188, with 2 voting present:
"Today the House of Representatives sent an important message to those seeking a just peace, dignity and security for Israelis and Palestinians: We firmly stand behind a two-state solution and oppose any action that makes that goal harder to achieve.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, announced that her Lymphedema Treatment Act (H.R. 1948) will be included in the version of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, that will be voted on in the House next week. Her bipartisan and bicameral legislation was introduced alongside Representatives Buddy Carter (R-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) in March 2019 with 93 original cosponsors; today, H.R. 1948 has 365 cosponsors, making it the most widely supported health care bill in the 116th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky along with Representatives Jared Huffman, Bobby Rush, and Jesus G. "Chuy" Garcia sent the following letter to the Organization of American States seeking answers to several questions related to the controversial Bolivian Presidential election of October 20, 2019.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, introduced H.R. 5267, the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) of 2019, with 123 original cosponsors. Congresswoman Schakowsky first introduced this legislation in 2012. The bill leverages existing U.S. resources to combat and respond to gender-based violence, a critical step toward promoting the human rights and dignity of all individuals as well as regional and global stability. November 25, 2019, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicking off 16 days of activism that will conclude on December 10, International Human Rights Day.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Aging Committee, have introduced the Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019. This legislation is vital to guarantee the human right to high quality, long term care for the seniors and individuals with disabilities who depend on nursing home facilities to survive. 25 Representatives and two Senators joined Congresswoman Schakowsky and Senator Blumenthal as original cosponsors of the legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mark Pocan (WI-02), James P. McGovern (MA-02) and Jesus G. "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) issued the following joint statement in response to the assassination of a Honduran labor leader: