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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) sent the following letter to the makers of Pokemon Go after there were reports of game players catching Pokemon at the Holocaust Museum. The full text of the letter is below and linked online:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after voting against the so called, Conscience Protection Act, that would attack women’s reproductive rights by allowing employers to deny their employees access to health insurance that covers abortions if they have moral objections:

“Today marks yet another Republican attack against women and their reproductive rights. This wholly unnecessary bill would seek to further limit women’s access to abortion – a medical service that I would like to remind everyone is legal in this country – further endangering women’s health.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after voting against the first of three bills to undermine the Iran Nuclear Deal on the eve of its one year anniversary:

“House Republicans have decided to mark the last week before their scheduled 7-week summer recess by bringing up three bills designed to unravel the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Instead of acknowledging the success of that Agreement, they want to take us back in time to when we lived in fear that Iran was on the brink of developing nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement in the wake of the killing of five police officers and the wounding of several others in Dallas, Texas:

"Our nation is grieving today.

"I join the friends and families of the brave police officers killed in Dallas in mourning their loss. I am praying for the recovery of those who were wounded at what was designed to be a peaceful protest until snipers – filled with hate, not the determination to win justice – turned it into a tragedy.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the passing Abner J. Mikva:

Abner Mikva was one of the most treasured friends I've had in all my life. He was an indispensable mentor, a consistent role role model and a great guy to be around. It is somehow fitting, that a man so completely devoted to public service -- a true American patriot -- would take his last breath on the 4th of July.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the passing Abner J. Mikva:

Abner Mikva was one of the most treasured friends I've had in all my life. He was an indispensable mentor, a consistent role role model and a great guy to be around. It is somehow fitting, that a man so completely devoted to public service -- a true American patriot -- would take his last breath on the 4th of July.

CHICAGO, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the passing of Holocaust survivor, writer and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel:

“I join with many around the world in mourning the loss of Elie Wiesel, a man who emerged from the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust to become a champion of freedom from hatred and bigotry.

Panel to Have Wasted Over a Million Taxpayer Dollars by End of Year

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the Republicans’ irregular and secretive funding process, through which the Majority is now seeking nearly half-a-million additional taxpayer dollars for the Select Investigative Panel without any public scrutiny or debate: