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WASHINGTON – Consumer advocates and stakeholders agree that H.R. 3950, the Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act, will restore fairness and transparency to the ticketing marketplace. The bill, which passed on the House floor last month by a vote 388-24, will significantly enhance the customer experience of buying event tickets online.

EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement in observance of Memorial Day:

“Throughout our nation’s long history, millions of brave men and women have answered the call of duty and have fought to protect our country and our ideals.  On Memorial Day, we come together to honor and remember those service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. We are free because they were brave.

“We will never forget those who lost their lives in battle, those who are missing in action, and those who are prisoners of war. Today, we grieve with their families, and continue to offer our unwavering support.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member on the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, revealed the 15 community projects she has submitted for funding consideration in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year:

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led their colleagues today in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House Senior Advisor John Podesta calling for the United States to support the development and adoption of conflict of interest guidelines for the Conference of Parties (COP) presidency to address the influence of the fossil fuel industry at these climate talks. The letter follows the selection of Mukhtar Babayev as president-designate of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP29, marking the second year in a row that COP will be headed by a fossil fuel executive.

WASHINGTON –  Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), co-leads of the Safer Beauty Bill Package, joined advocacy stakeholders for a roundtable discussion on current cosmetic safety issues. Hosted in conjunction with the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), this event highlighted the updates to cosmetic regulation that the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Act (MoCRA) made and discuss what gaps still need to be addressed.