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WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2009) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement after the shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC that resulted in the death of Office Stephen Tyrone Johns. "A decade ago, a hatemonger came to my district and shot men and women leaving their synagogue on the Sabbath. When he failed to kill anyone he set his sites on a young African American man, Ricky Byrdsong, who was playing with his children and killed him in cold blood.
Washington, DC (May 20, 2009) — Growing noise pollution from planes at Chicago O'Hare International Airport has caused tremendous frustration for residents within ear shot of airplanes coming and going. O'Hare maintains that aircraft noise is below the Federal Aviation Administration's mandated levels, but residents protest the FAA method does not accurately measure air traffic noise.
The Honorable Eric Holder
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Washington, DC (April 28, 2009) - Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement after hearing about a possible case of Swine Flu at Kilmer Elementary in Illinois. Rep. Schakowsky will meet with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today to discuss Swine Flu in the United States.