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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 112th 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. Â The legislation passed by voice vote in the House and also in the Senate, an indication of broad support.
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.
More than 30 infant deaths since 2001; millions of recalls in recent years
WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) —Today U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), and a parent whose child died from a faulty crib announced that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved new federal rules to prohibit traditional drop-side cribs.
WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) —Today Rep.
VA judge issues outlier ruling: individual responsibility mandate unconstitutional
WASHINGTON, DC (December 13, 2010) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), issued the following statement in response to the ruling by Virginia's U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson that the individual responsibility mandate in health The Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
WASHINGTON, DC (December 9, 2010) — Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Republican leadership urging swift passage of the New START Treaty. Sixty-eight House members have added their names to this letter.
"The New START treaty has been awaiting Senate consideration for eight months and has been the subject of 21 hearings, yet the Senate Republican leadership continues to stonewall its ratification.