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WASHINGTON, DC (January 8, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), issued the following statement on the shooting in Arizona involving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08 ), members of her staff, and some of her constituents.

"I am horrified at the news that several people, including my colleague Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, were shot today in Tucson, Arizona, some of them fatally. My heart goes out to the families, friends and colleagues of the individuals who were injured or killed in this terrible act of violence. I hold them all in my thoughts and prayers.

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WASHINGTON, DC (January 6, 2011) — Today on the House floor, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) made the following statement opposing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

WASHINGTON, DC (January 6, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), delivered the following testimony today during a meeting of the House Rules Committee. Schakowsky, along with other Democrats, offered a number of amendments to protect popular consumer protections and to highlight the critical imprortance of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans rejected all Democratic amendments.

WASHINGTON, DC (January 5, 2011) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), member of President Obama's 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, released the following statement today in response to the new Republican House Rules for the 112^th Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC (December 22, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), founding member and Vice-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement today after President Obama signed H.R. 2965, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, into law.

WASHINGTON, DC (December 17, 2010) -- Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement on her vote in favor of H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.

WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) —Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) participated in a ceremony in the Oval Office where President Barack Obama signed the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act into law.  The legislation passed by voice vote in the House and also in the Senate, an indication of broad support.

Schakowsky co-sponsored the CALM Act, which remedies a decades-old complaint: that the volume on television commercials is often many times louder than that of television programming.

WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) -- Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in support of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Thank you, Madam Speaker.  I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2965, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.  I would like to thank Congressman Murphy, Majority Leader Hoyer, and Congressman Frank for their tireless leadership on this issue.