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June 7, 2023
WASHIGNTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) reintroduced the Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023, which would create an Office of Food Safety Assessment within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that chemicals that have entered the food supply chain through loopholes or that were reviewed by the FDA decades ago are safe to eat.
Issues:Health

June 6, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and a founding member of the Congressional Equality Caucus, led 19 of her colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marica Fudge raising concerns about the mistreatment and discrimination that many LGBTQIA+ seniors face in senior housing and urged the secretary to act.

June 2, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauds the courageous young Americans in the landmark children’s constitutional climate case, Juliana v. United States. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the youth plaintiffs can amend their complaint and have their evidence heard in open court.

May 31, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip, Senior Budget Committee Member, and Executive Board Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released the following statement after voting against H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023:


May 31, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement commemorating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:

Issues:Human Rights

May 29, 2023

EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day:


May 24, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reintroduced the Safer Beauty Bill Package with her Energy and Commerce colleagues, Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Doris Matsui (CA-07).

Issues:Health

May 19, 2023

WASHIGNTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to sidestep requests to limit Section 230:


May 18, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Brian Mast (FL-21), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), and Mike Gallagher (WI-08) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate July 19, 2023, as “Glioblastoma Awareness Day.” Glioblastoma is the most aggressive, difficult to treat, and fatal brain tumor that results in the death of more than 10,000 Americans every year.

May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Federal Trade Commissions decision to bar a health app from sharing personal health data for advertising: