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Washington, D.C. – President Barack Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act into law Tuesday. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement this new law to help working families:

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Walgreens CEO Gregory Wasson expressing her opposition to the Illinois company’s rumored consideration of a plan to relocate its headquarters to Switzerland in order to avoid U.S. taxes. The move, called inversion, allows Walgreens to avoid U.S. taxation by purchasing a smaller European firm and relocating its headquarters on paper, while maintaining the majority of its business operations in the United States. Doing so would allow the company to dodge an estimated $4 billion in taxes over the next five years.

Washington, D.C.– Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after President Obama signed his executive order banning federal contractors from workplace discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity:

“As a founding member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, I am committed to ensuring that this community has the same legal protections as everyone else. The President’s Executive Order extends critical workplace protections for thousands of Americans employed by federal contractors, and I applaud it.

CHICAGO — Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky held a press event with 48^th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and others to help raise awareness about available resources that can end child hunger.

Attendees also heard about the critical need for summer meal programs from Rich Gorman, a representative from the 48th Ward Summer Food Program, parents of children who participate in the Summer Food Program, and John Pfeiffer, the Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Family & Support Services.

WASHINGTON, DC — On June 20, Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Raul Grijalva led 121 of their House colleagues on a letter to Social Security Acting Administrator Carolyn W. Colvin, urging her to reverse a decision to limit access to important services at local SSA offices. Those services included in-person requests for benefit verification statements and copies of Social Security numbers (known as Numi-lites). Today, the Social Security Administration announced it would change its previous decision and continue providing benefit verification letters and improve access to Numi-lites.

Representative Schakowsky released this statement:

Washington, D.C.– Today House Democrats released their 100-Day Action Plan to jumpstart the middle class. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the plan:

“House Republicans’ flawed priorities have stalled middle class opportunity while consistently stacking the deck for wealthy special interests.

Instead of tax incentives to create good paying jobs to ‘Make It In America,’ they give tax favors to corporations that ship jobs overseas.

Instead of allowing college students to refinance staggering student debts, they protect bank profits.

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Jan Schakowsky offered an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill on Tuesday that would prohibit federal funds from being used to contract with companies that have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. The amendment passed by voice vote. Rep. Schakowsky issued the following statement following the vote:

Washington, D.C.– “Last month the Supreme Court delivered a critical blow to women’s health in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. In that ruling the Court determined that closely-held, for-profit corporations can deny their women employees access to contraceptives based on the corporation’s religious objections.