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WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Jan Schakowsky voted against H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act today. She released the following statement explaining her stance on this issue:
“The House Republican leadership is once again spending their time and energy trying to restrict a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion instead of advancing policies that actually help hardworking Americans.
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CHICAGO – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) will joinSocial Security Works co-founders Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson for a discussion of the growing movement to expand Social Security.
America is on the brink of a retirement crisis that will affect the vast majority of today’s workers. Employer support and guaranteed retirement benefits can no longer be counted on, and Americans are forced, more and more, to depend on their own savings.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Republicans have once again tried to use the budget process to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response:
“Today, the Republicans’ voted for their ‘Work Harder for Less’ Budget. It is another shameless attempt to repeal Obamacare, despite all the clear benefits of the health care law.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following update on resources available in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) green-lighted a study by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reexamine the current metric used to determine acceptable aircraft noise pollution. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has been a leader in the effort to get the FAA to review the current 65 decibel Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) metric.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s hearing oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, a key marriage equality case: