Press Releases

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congressman Brad Schneider announced that a $1.4 million grant was given to 16 fire departments in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 3, which are in the 9^th and 10^th Congressional Districts. The grand was awarded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. After announcing the grant, Reps. Schneider and Schakowsky released the following statements:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congressman Brad Schneider announced that a $1.4 million grant was given to 16 fire departments in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 3, which are in the 9^th and 10^th Congressional Districts. The grand was awarded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. After announcing the grant, Reps. Schneider and Schakowsky released the following statements:

“Today, the Republican Senate will send a clear message to American women and survivors of sexual violence everywhere: we don’t give a damn about you.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Whip and Co-Chair of the Seniors Task Force, was joined by Reps. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) in reintroducing the Women’s Pension Protection Act. This bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), takes necessary and important steps to ensure that women are better prepared for retirement. After the bill’s introduction, the lawmakers released the following statements:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Whip and Co-Chair of the Seniors Task Force, was joined by Reps. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) in reintroducing the Women's Pension Protection Act. This bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), takes necessary and important steps to ensure that women are better prepared for retirement. After the bill's introduction, the lawmakers released the following statements:

“For more than 20 years, NAFTA has benefitted corporations and the ultra-wealthy in the United States, but has cost jobs, made middle-class American families poorer, and hollowed out large segments of a once vibrant Midwest economy. While the negotiators of this secret agreement claim it fixes at least some of those problems, many details remain to be resolved before we can be assured that workers and their families will be better off under NAFTA 2.0. We do however, know that health care consumers stand to lose.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowksy, a Chief Deputy Whip and the Senior Democrat on the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the Energy And Commerce Committee, released the following statement in response to Facebook’s latest security breach:

“Another massive data breach. Another empty apology from a CEO. Another 50 million users’ privacy irrevocably breached.

WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act in the House of Representatives, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M.