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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, voted today in favor of H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 232-190.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, voted today in favor of H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 232-190.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, and Representatives Buddy Carter (R-GA), Ron Kind (D-WI), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) lead a bipartisan reintroduction of H.R. 2150, the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019. Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA) and David Joyce (R-OH) also joined as original cosponsors. The bill will authorize nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and physician assistants to certify patient eligibility for home health care services under Medicare.
Congresswoman Schakowsky Statement on Passage of Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement on passage of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019:
Congresswoman Schakowsky Statement on ACA Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, issued the following statement on passage of House Resolution 271, condemning the Trump Administration’s legal campaign to take away Americans’ health care:
Congresswoman Schakowsky Statement on Equal Pay Day
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, issued the following statement recognizing Equal Pay Day, April 2, which marks the day on which the average woman makes the same amount her male counterpart did doing the same job did in 2018:
Congresswoman Schakowsky Statement On House Vote to Condemn Trump Ban on Transgender Military Service
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and a founding member of the LGBT Equality Caucus, voted for House Resolution 124, expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals and made the following statement after the resolution passed the House by a vote of 238 to 185, with 1 present vote:
Congresswoman Schakowsky Co-Sponsors the Climate Action Now Act
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, co-sponsored H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, House Democrats’ new legislation that would require the United States to remain in the Paris Climate Accord and to develop a serious plan for how the United States will meet its commitment to reduce pollution.