Media

March 18, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY PRESSES FOR
IMPROVED CAR SAFETY STANDARDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today continued to press for improved safety standards in cars to ensure that consumers, especially children, are protected. Schakowsky, who is the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, issued the following statement during a hearing on the reauthorization of the National Highway and Transportation Safety Act:

MARCH 17, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: ONE YEAR LATER, IRAQ WAR REMAINS UNJUST AND UNJUSTIFIED

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement during a news conference on Capitol Hill on the one-year anniversary of the Iraq war:

"After one year, hundreds of American soldiers are dead because President Bush sent them to battle a regime that he called an 'urgent threat' that 'has developed weapons of mass destruction' and that '. is seeking nuclear weapons.'

MARCH 17, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
HOUSING

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on housing.

During a trip to Pennsylvania, President Bush said:

MARCH 16, 2004

HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALL FOR IG INVESTIGATION INTO LATESTBUSH ADMINISTRATION USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PROMOTE GOP MEDICARE LAW

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined eight Congressional Democrats in calling for an investigation into the latest Bush Administration use of taxpayer dollars to promote the GOP Medicare law.

February 5, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ AND IMMINENT THREAT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on Iraq.

In a speech defending pre-war intelligence at Georgetown University and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet announced that his analysts never claimed that "Iraq posed an imminent threat."

MARCH 11, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY DELIVERS SPEECH TO CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA

"A NEW DIRECTION
FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION"

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a speech to the Consumer Federation of America, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that "this is a frightening time for consumers." She added: "The White House is using the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Department of Treasury, and a host of other agencies to put corporate, special interests ahead of consumer interest."

MARCH 11, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY QUESTIONS CULTURE
AT TOP UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC
PROGRAMS THAT TOLERATES
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today expressed concern about "the culture in our top university athletic programs - and indeed a culture that persists throughout the nation - that tolerates such violence against women."

MARCH 10, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS CAN'T CONTROL THEIR APPETITE
FOR LIMITING CONSUMERS'
LEGAL RIGHTS & PROTECTING CORPORATE INTERESTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today opposed the latest effort by the Republican Congress to strip away consumers' rights. Schakowsky voted against the so-called Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act, a bill that would shield food manufacturers and sellers from "frivolous" lawsuits, while denying consumers their Constitutional right to seek legal recourse.