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March 29, 2006

SCHAKOWSKY SUPPORTS LEGAL UPDATES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS IN DIGITAL AGE

UPDATED LAWS SHOULD PROTECT ARTISTS BUT RECOGNIZE TECHNOLOGICAL REALITIES

March 29, 2006

SCHAKOWSKY FIGHTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM DATA THIEVES

HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE PASSES BIPARTISAN DATA ACT

March 28, 2006

STATEMENT OF CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY ON CONGRESSMAN LANE EVANS' DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement today on the decision of Congressman Lane Evans not to seek re-election.

March 27, 2006

LEGISLATORS, ADVOCATES COMMIT TO FIXING BUSH'S PART D DISASTER

NEW PUSH FOR SCHAKOWSKY BILL TO PROVIDE UNIFORM, AFFORDABLE DRUG BENEFIT

March 16, 2006

SCHAKOWSKY BILLS TO IMPROVE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT INCLUDED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT

March 16, 2006

LEE-SCHAKOWSKY AMENDMENT TO PREVENT PERMANENT U.S. MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ PASSES HOUSE

WASHINGTON, DC -- An amendment to the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act sponsored by U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Barbara Lee, founding members of the Out-of-Iraq Caucus, today passed the House of Representatives. The Lee-Schakowsky-Allen-Hinchey amendment would prevent the U.S. from establishing permanent bases in Iraq.

March 15, 2006

SCHAKOWSKY URGES SUPPORT FOR LIBERIA

SAYS SIRLEAF'S HISTORIC ELECTION WILL TO NEW DAY FOR WAR-TORN NATION

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky today delivered the following statement in response to a joint session of Congress welcoming newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Schakowsky first met Sirleaf, the female African head-of-state, on an official delegation trip to Liberia three weeks ago.

The full statement is below:

March 14, 2006

SCHAKOWSKY AND VELAZQUEZ, UNITE HERE, MILITARY APPAREL WORKERS RELEASE REPORT UNCOVERING SWEATSHOPS IN THE U.S. MILITARY UNIFORM INDUSTRY