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September 20, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) reintroduced the Future Generations Protection Act of 2023. This bill would help ensure a rapid shift away from fossil fuel to clean renewable energy.
September 19, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in introducing the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act, legislation to strengthen protections for part-time workers and allow them to better balance their work schedules with personal and family needs. The legislation will address one of the primary issues that hourly workers face - work schedules that do not provide as many hours as they need to support their families - and provide additional protections and benefits for part-time workers.
Issues:LaborEconomy, Jobs & Taxes
September 18, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, legislation that prohibits advertising networks and facilitators from using personal data to target advertisements. The bill also prohibits advertisers from targeting ads based on protected class information such as race, gender, and religion, and personal data purchased from data brokers. The bill allows targeting based on broad location connected to a recognizable place, such as a municipality, and explicitly allows contextual advertising, which is advertising based on the content a user is engaging with.
September 12, 2023
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, celebrated House passage of H.Res.492, her bipartisan resolution condemning Iran’s government for persecuting the Iranian Baha’i community, the largest religious minority in Iran with a membership of more than 300,000 people.
September 11, 2023
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen (IL-17) led nine of their Illinois Congressional delegation colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel in support of building a new Taxpayer Correspondence print and mail management facility in Bloomington, Illinois.
September 11, 2023
EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and the Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement marking 22 years since the September 11th attacks:
September 4, 2023
EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and the Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in observance of Labor Day:
“Every Labor Day, we come together to honor the millions of American workers that keep our economy strong. It is their hard work, talent, and productivity that make our country prosperous, and they deserve to be celebrated today and every day.
September 1, 2023
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) a Chief Deputy Whip and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement of new actions on nursing home safety:
August 29, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip, Ranking Member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, celebrated the Biden administration announcement of the first ten drugs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will negotiate lower prices for using its new authorities under the Inflation Reduction Act. Schakowsky attended the White House ceremony marking this historic day and released the following statement:
August 22, 2023
WASHINGTON - Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Meta and other online marketplaces today requesting information regarding efforts to end the sale of banned and recalled hazardous products on their platforms.