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Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement in response to reports detailing President Trump's use of vulgar and racist language to deride immigrants coming from Haiti and African countries:

"Just when you thought Donald Trump could not get any more racist, he digs down to an even deeper low. These vile comments are unacceptable and unbecoming of the Presidency. It is time for my Republican colleagues to say so. Enough is enough. Silence is complicity."

Washington, D.C.- Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), along with CPC Health Task Force Chair Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), released the following statement today after guidance was issued by the Trump administration to state Medicaid directors encouraging them to implement controversial work requirements for Medicaid.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement in response to President Trump ending the Temporary Protected Status designation that allowed nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to remain in the United States:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after voting ‘No’ on the Republican bill to keep the government funded until January 19^th:

“With full control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress, Republicans have put their twisted priorities and inability to govern on full display.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after House Republicans passed their tax bill, known commonly as the GOP Tax Scam:

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following joint statement regarding the situation in Honduras:

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following joint statement regarding the situation in Honduras:

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission voted on partisan lines to dismantle net neutrality: