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Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee in the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent two letters asking for answers to understand the impact of the Kobe Steel scandal on vehicle safety. The letters, which were sent to the CEOs of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Global Automakers, come following the recent admission by Kobe Steel that its employees routinely and systematically falsified inspection data about the products that they sold.
Washington, D.C.– Today, Seniors Task Force Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with Vice Chairs Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Charlie Crist (D-FL), released the following statement on the announcement of a 2 percent Social Security COLA increase for beneficiaries:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after President Trump announced his decision to decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran Deal:
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after President Trump declared he would stop making Affordable Care Act (ACA) cost-sharing reduction payments:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after President Trump announced an executive order to undermine the Affordable Care Act:
Today’s executive order is the latest effort by the Trump Administration to sabotage the Affordable Care Act – driving up premiums, eroding consumer protections, and destabilizing the market. It is a betrayal of the American people: attacking people’s health care to save some face politically.
Today, Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection (DCCP) Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky led the Democratic members of the Subcommittee, including Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, on a letter requesting further hearings to examine the Equifax data breach and bipartisan cooperation on legislation to protect consumers’ data.
Morton Grove, IL – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced that Morton Grove’s Doughboy Statue was recognized as a “WWI Centennial Memorial” as part of the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials initiative.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following Statement after the Trump Administration announced a regulation undoing the birth control mandate of the Affordable Care Act:
“President Trump’s shameful war on women rages on. By ending the birth control mandate, the President and his Administration are allowing employers to stand in the way of women accessing the healthcare that they and their doctors have deemed necessary.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, spoke out against the Republican Budget during debate on the House floor. Congresswoman Schakowsky opposed attacks on Medicare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), among others – all so Republicans can provide enormous tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and America’s wealthiest corporations. A video of her remarks is included below.
Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, joined more than 180 members of Congress, including the entire House Democratic Leadership, on a letter urging President Trump to recertify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the “Iran Deal”.