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Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against a Republican effort to override the President’s veto of a reconciliation bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood:

“It is fitting that on Groundhog Day, House Republicans voted for the 63rd time to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act and for the 12th vote to attack women’s health this Congress. These continued attacks on access to affordable health care and women’s health have been a consistent hallmark of this out of touch Republican Congress.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-6) and Janice Schakowsky (IL-9), Co-Chairs of the Seniors Task Force, urged the Obama Administration to fully fund Older American Act Programs.

CHICAGO — Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), members of the Quiet Skies Caucus, released the following statement in response to the announcement by Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the City of Chicago to complete the O’Hare Modernization Program:

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:

Schakowsky Statement on Texas Grand Jury IndIctment of Anti-Abortion Activists

Planned Parenthood Cleared of Any Wrongdoing

January 25, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Select Panel Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in response to the Texas grand jury decision to clear Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing and instead indict the anti-abortion activists who created the highly-edited videos House Republicans are using as the basis for their new Select Panel to Attack Women’s Health:

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:

“Over forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling of 7-2 in favor of women’s health and reproductive rights. This seminal Roe v. Wade ruling brought abortions out of the shadows and gave women control over their bodies, their health and their own economic opportunity. This decision didn’t mark the start of abortions, but it did mark the end of women dying from them.

Schakowsky Calls Request for Communications between Healthcare Provider and Patients ‘A Dangerous and Sweeping Invasion of Privacy’

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the eve of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky and the Select Panel Democratic members sent a letter to Chair Marsha Blackburn, detailing their serious concerns over the complete lack of evidence justifying the Select Panel, new dangerous and overbroad document requests, and the absence of an investigative plan and clear and specific rules to ensure that the panel’s work is carried out in a fair and even-handed manner.

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement to honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“The life, legacy, teachings and tireless advocacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. must never be forgotten. His fight not only for civil rights, but worker’s rights and for global peace helped move our country forward and provide opportunity for millions of Americans even generations later.