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WASHINGTON, DC – South Carolina has acted to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from their capitol grounds. Yet, Republicans in the U.S. House, just last night, unbelievably, inexplicably acted to uphold the same flag through the Calvert amendment. They surreptitiously rushed to have the National Park Service continue to sell this symbol of hate and to keep the Confederate Battle Flag flying on federal lands. Even worse, House Republicans tried to cloak this shady move with language about the American Flag and the MIA/POW flag. This is astonishing and outrageous.

CHICAGO – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s announcement that the United States and Cuba would re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen their respective embassies:

“I am very happy to see continued diplomatic progress between the United States and Cuba.

CHICAGO –The Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule to extend overtime protections to up to 5 million American working men and women. Currently, only workers who earn up to $23,600 are protected. The new proposal would raise that threshold to $50,440. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, DC -- "I stood with Senator Bernie Sanders last week to introduce the Responsible Estate Tax Act. The Senator is true progressive champion and I am proud to again work with him to make our tax code more fair. This country is the richest on the face of the earth - and we've never been richer. But this period of extreme wealth is also one of extreme inequality: the richest one-tenth of one percent of Americans has as much wealth as the least affluent 90 percent of us.

CHICAGO – On Monday, the Supreme Court issued an emergency stay delaying the enforcement of a Texas law that would have forced the closure of abortion clinics across the state. The law is delayed while the case against the legislation is appealed to the Supreme Court. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in response:

CHICAGO – Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision overturning the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on mercury emissions. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement:

CHICAGO – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court released its decision making marriage equality the law of the land:

“I am overjoyed at today’s Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. As I’ve said many times over the last several years, marriage equality had the stamp of inevitability on it – it is not a matter or ‘if’, but ‘when’. Today, we know the answer: marriage equality is here.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell: