Press Releases
Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, led 20 of her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives on a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the upcoming legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador. In the letter, the 21 members told Secretary Tillerson they wrote“with concerns regarding the current state of [El Salvador’s] democratic institutions and U.S. involvement in Salvadoran domestic affairs.”
Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following video statement commemorating Black History Month:
Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following video statement commemorating Black History Month:
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement after reintroducing H.R. 5034, the International Violence Against Women Act:
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, spoke on the House floor to oppose H.R. 620, the so-called “ADA Education and Reform act of 2017”, a bill that would severely weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act and roll back decades of progress for people living with disabilities.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement in response to recent revelations indicating that an extreme right-wing anti choice group known as ‘Alliance Defending Freedom’ was responsible for crafting and advancing a recent attempt by the Trump Administration to allow states to block individuals on Medicaid from using Planned Parenthood as their health care provider. These revelations came to light today after Rep.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s FY19 budget:
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, led 81 Democratic Members of Congress on two separate letters supporting the rights of their constituents to bargain collectively for good wages and benefits in contract negotiations. These letters, sent to the CEO of American Airlines Group and the President of the Communications Workers of America, come as the two parties are engaged in contract negotiations over passenger service members at American Airlines’ wholly-owned subsidiaries, Envoy and Piedmont.
Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and the Ranking Democrat on the now-defunct Select Investigative Panel, led the Democratic Members of the Panel on a letter to Health and Human Services(HHS) Secretary Alex Azar. In the letter, Reps. Schakowsky, Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, Jackie Speier, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Suzan DelBene, expressed their serious concerns about the current Chief of Staff to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at HHS, Mr. March Bell. Mr.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after voting "no" on the Republican's fifth short-term spending bill of the current fiscal year: