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CHICAGO – Today, Walgreens announced that it would purchase the remaining 55 percent of Swiss-based pharmacy Alliance Boots GmbH, combining two of the world’s largest pharmacy retailers. The combined company elected not to perform a corporate inversion – which would have relocated the company headquarters overseas in order to reduce its tax liability – and instead to remain in Illinois. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the merger:

Washington DC – Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 5320 and H.R. 5272:

I strongly oppose H.R. 5320, harmful legislation that fails to address the real problems at our southern border. Instead of working on a bipartisan basis to meet the humanitarian needs of children at our border, the Republican majority pushed a bill that will not just take away recognized rights, but will send young boys and girls back to dangerous – and perhaps deadly – situations.

Washington, DC– Rep. Jan Schakowsky has introduced the Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act, which would require nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities that receive Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement to have a direct-care Registered Nurse (RN) on duty 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Rep. Schakowsky issued the following statement regarding the bill:

Washington, D.C.– Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced H.R. 5372, the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act on Thursday. The legislation provides tax credits to companies that invest in American workers instead of rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas. Reps. Raul Grijalva, Robin Kelly, and Barbara Lee joined as cosponsors of the bill. Senator Dick Durbin introduced the bill in the Senate.

Washington, DC – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement about the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee’s adoption of its final Benghazi Report:

“I am pleased the House Intelligence Committee has approved a comprehensive, bipartisan report concluding that there was no intelligence failure surrounding the September 11, 2012 attack on our facility in Benghazi, Libya.

Washington, D.C.– “Today’s Trustees report shows that Medicare and Social Security are strong and can continue to provide guaranteed, earned benefits for decades to come.

According to the Trustees, Social Security’s current $2.8 trillion surplus will grow to $2.9 trillion by 2020. It can pay full benefits through 2033, 75% of benefits after that. Improvements we made to Medicare in the Affordable Care Act – including unprecedented new anti-fraud tools – have extended the life of its Trust Fund another 4 years to 2030.