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DECEMBER 16, 2005
SCHAKOWSKY CONDEMNS REPUBLICANS' PARLIAMENTARY TRICKS TO PUSH ALASKA DRILLING
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky today released the following statement after Republican Senator Ted Stevens, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, inserted a provision authorizing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Department of Defense appropriations bill:
DECEMBER 16, 2005
SCHAKOWSKY STATEMENT ON ELECTION OF REP. JAMES CLYBURN AS DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a chief deputy Democratic whip, today released the following statement on the election of Congressman James Clyburn as the Democratic Caucus Chair:
DECEMBER 8, 2005
SCHAKOWSKY, CONGRESSWOMEN, ADVOCATES ANNOUNCE OPPOSITION TO THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE ALITO TO THE SUPREME COURT
SCHAKOWSKY CITES ALITO'S OUT-OF-THE-MAINSTREAM JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY TO THE SUPREME COURT, ATTEMPTS TO ERODE WOMEN'S RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky today joined Representatives Hilda Solis, Rosa DeLauro, Carolyn Maloney, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as well as Marcia Greenberger, President of the National Women's Law Center, for a press conference to announce their opposition to the appointment of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.Representative Schakowsky's statement is below:
DECEMBER 7, 2005
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON SUBCOMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO HURRICANE RESPONSE INSTEAD OF FOOTBALL
WASHINGTON, DC - WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, ranking member on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, today called on the subcommittee to focus on the most important issues that face Americans at a hearing on the NCAA Bowl Championship Series.Representative Schakowsky's statement is below:
NOVEMBER 30, 2005
SCHAKOWSKY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S FAILED IRAQ STRATEGY
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, a founding member of the Out-of-Iraq caucus, today released the following statement in response to President Bush's speech laying out his administration's Iraq strategy:"On a political damage control mission today, President Bush offered more of the same failed war strategy. Rather than laying out an exit strategy, President Bush continued to draw false links between 9/11 and the war in Iraq, and ignore the growing chaos and violence facing our soldiers."