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WASHINGTON, DC (February 8, 2010) — Community banks and small businesses have reason to celebrate a recent Treasury Department decision to help Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) access capital so they are able to increase lending. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, was the leading advocate for the policy change that will support job creation and small business growth by providing capital to CDFI banks and credit unions at affordable rates.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 5, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to news that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA.), Chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues, along with sponsors Senators Collins (R-ME) and Snowe (R-ME) and Representatives Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ted Poe (R-TX), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced The International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) in the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC (February 1, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement on the President's proposed FY 2011 budget that was made public earlier today. The President's budget includes tax cuts for 4.8 million Illinois families, $2.1 billion for Illinois schools, students, and teachers, and $2.5 billion to fix and expand the state's network of roads and highways, modernize airports, and expand water and sewer infrastructure.
CHICAGO - U.S. Congressional representatives joined with representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau to alert communities that the 2010 Census is approaching. At the core of their message, the four representatives–from Illinois' 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th Congressional Districts–stressed the importance of the Census Bureau's current employment recruiting efforts as an important step in preparation for the actual Census in March.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 27, 2010) -- In the wake of the earthquake, Haitian-Americans went through card after card trying to reach loved ones in Haiti; often without connecting but still racking up huge bills. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, sent letters to two major corporations that sell calling cards, urging them to change unfair billing practices. This week, STi; Inc. wrote back to Rep. Schakowsky expressing a desire to work with her office to rectify these problems.
Washington, DC (January 27, 2010): Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced the Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind (H.R. 4533), which will mandate that all consumer electronics, home appliances, kiosks, and electronic office technology provide user interfaces that are accessible to the blind.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 25, 2010) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement on the need to continue efforts to pass health care reform.
Thank you for carrying on the fight for health care reform. Thanks for not giving up and not giving in.
There are those who want to sound the death knell for health care reform, but you and I are not among them. No one ever said this battle would be easy, and now that the road is a bit bumpier, we simply must be tougher.