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Urge Rescheduling of Select Panel Hearing

Committee Leaders Respond to Insufficient Results After Testing Deadly Takata Air Bags

Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the investigation into defective Takata airbag inflators.

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the President submitted his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility:

WASHINGTON DC- Representative Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:

“My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Justice Antonin Scalia. I extend my deepest condolences to them during this difficult time. Regardless of one’s thoughts on his decisions, there is no questioning his intellect or his love of our country. Justice Scalia was a one of a kind, larger than life personality whose absence will be deeply felt.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the Select Investigative Panel’s issuance of subpoenas:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today all Democratic Members of the Select Investigative Panel sent a letter to Chair Blackburn objecting to her plan to go forward with unilateral and unjustifiable subpoenas, over the objection of Ranking Member Schakowsky and without any Panel debate or vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today all Democratic Members of the Select Investigative Panel sent a letter to Chair Blackburn objecting to her plan to go forward with unilateral and unjustifiable subpoenas, over the objection of Ranking Member Schakowsky and without any Panel debate or vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky and the Select Panel Democratic Members sent a letter to Chair Marsha Blackburn to condemn the process by which the Panel has conducted its work to date and request a Panel vote on the Democrats’ proposed investigative plan and rules. Republicans have continued to exclude Democrats, persisted in sending out dangerous and overbroad document requests, and even failed to hold an initial organizational meeting.