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June 23, 2004
BIPARTISAN HOUSE GROUP CALLS ON EPATO ISSUE STRONGER MERCURY RULE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, a bipartisan group of 180 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today challenged the agency to go back to the drawing board in the coming months and to issue a final rule that better protects Americans from the health and environmental dangers caused by airborne mercury emissions.
JUNE 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS QUESTIONABLE ETHICS AT NIH MUST END
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that most Americans would find it against the law for National Institutes of Health personnel to receive cash and stock options from some of the very prescription drug and medical device companies whose science NIH is supposed to objectively evaluate.
JUNE 22, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: TIME IS RUNNING
OUT ON 2004 ELECTION
CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS H.R. 2239
REQUIRING ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES
TO PRODUCE VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER RECEIPTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Congressional leaders and activists in calling on Congress to pass H.R. 2239, legislation by U.S. Representative Rush Holt that requires paper audit receipts on electronic voting machines prior to the November election.
JUNE 21, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN VILLAGE
OF MORTON GROVE & LOCAL
MUSLIM COMMUNITY
MORTON GROVE, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded the federally-mediated agreement reached between the Village of Morton Grove and the Muslim Community Center during a signing ceremony held in the village's Council Chambers.
JUNE 16, 2004
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
SADDAM HUSSEIN - AL QAEDA LINK
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on the link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
Even though this claim has been widely refuted, President Bush stood firm by his assertion that there was, in fact, a relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda. President Bush said: