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Friday Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky joined Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs, Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva in sending the below letter to Speaker John Boehner about the Sustained Growth Rate fix. It details their concerns regarding cost increases to seniors and people with disabilities. Please see the text of the letter and the official letter below.
March 20, 2015
The Honorable John Boehner
Speaker of the House of Representatives
United States Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Speaker Boehner:
Friday Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky joined Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs, Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva in sending the below letter to Speaker John Boehner about the Sustained Growth Rate fix. It details their concerns regarding cost increases to seniors and people with disabilities. Please see the text of the letter and the official letter below.
March 20, 2015
The Honorable John Boehner
Speaker of the House of Representatives
United States Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Speaker Boehner:
Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone and Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye urging strong action to protect children and families against health risks associated with exposure to phthalates. The letter text and a PDF of the letter can be found below.
March 20, 2015
The Honorable Elliot F. Kaye
Chairman
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Dear Chairman Kaye:
WASHINGTON, DC– “Over the past 35 years, economic productivity has grown 80 percent and the cost of living has risen along with it. Over the same time, incomes of hardworking American families have remained flat.
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced the Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development (SHARED) Act. Part of the “Frack Pack” of bills to improve safeguards against the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, the legislation would require testing and reporting of water contamination near hydraulic fracturing sites.
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CHICAGO– Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Willie Barrow passed away this morning. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement:
CHICAGO– Representative Jan Schakowsky has joined with Senator Barbara Boxer in re-introducing House and Senate versions of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) of 2015. This legislation received wide bipartisan support in the 113th Congress, attracting 117 cosponsors in the House and 30 in the Senate. This year, the bill was introduced with 9 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
CHICAGO – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in recognition of International Women’s Day:
This weekend I was honored and humbled to join President Obama and the rest of the First Family, Congressman and Civil Rights hero John Lewis, dozens of my other Congressional colleagues and thousands of people from around the country as we gather in Selma, Alabama to mark the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act.