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WASHINGTON, DC — (September 22, 2010) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today in response to acts of vandalism at Temple Menorah, located at 2800 W. Sherwin in Chicago.

"I strongly condemn the vandalization of Temple Menorah that was discovered early this morning. The news is particularly shocking and painful to me because Temple Menorah is the synagogue where I worshiped with my family growing up in Rogers Park.

CHICAGO, IL (September 20, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following release after a meeting on Sunday with community leaders in Schakowsky's Congressional District and officers from United Central Bank, which does lending to businesses in the area.

"So far, so good,... said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky after a meeting she organized between the top management of United Central Bank, including the President/CEO, and more than 100 business owners–primarily from the South Asian community–who are facing potential foreclosures.

WASHINGTON, DC — (September 17, 2010) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today after President Obama named Elizabeth Warren as special White House assistant to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

WASHINGTON, DC — (September 16, 2010) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Democratic Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues in the 111^th Congress, issued the following statement in response to Michelle Bachelet's appointment to head UN Women, the new United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

WASHINGTON, DC (September 15, 2010) — Rep.

Illinois Pilot Programs Help Military Drivers, Medics

Transfer Experience to Civilian Workforce

CHICAGO, IL (September 10, 2010) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Teamsters Joint Council 25 unveiled the nation's first programs to help veterans more easily transfer their advanced military skills to the civilian workforce in Chicago.

EVANSTON, IL (August 26, 2010) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky, (IL-9) released the following statement on the 90^th anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and in recognition of Women's Equality Day. In 1971, Congress adopted a resolution introduced by Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY) to recognize August 26th as Women's Equality Day.

"Today we celebrate Women's Equality Day and mark 90 years since women were granted the right to vote with the ratification of the 19^th Amendment. Before our right to vote was ratified, however, it took legions of pioneering women more than 70 years get there.