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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports, requested a staff briefing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on how the agency is working to address its own June 15, 2022 report showing that Tesla vehicles were implicated in numerous crashes, including crashes involving serious injuries and five known deaths.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Chair of the Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, introduced the Ensuring Friendly Skies for Passengers Act. This bill empowers the FTC to enforce antitrust violations and unfair or deceptive practices by airlines.

WASHINGTON – On Friday, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families, introduced the Infrastructure Modernization Project Related to the Overall Enhancement of Nursing Homes Act (IMPROVE Nursing Homes Act). This legislation would create a grant program to convert traditional nursing homes into small-house nursing homes with person-centered cultures.

EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement commemorating Assyrian Remembrance Day:

"On this day 89 years ago, forces from the then-Kingdom of Iraq began systematic assaults on Assyrian villages, killing as many as six thousand innocent people and displacing many more. August 7th will forever be remembered by the Assyrian community, and I join them today in honoring the memory of all Assyrians who have fallen victim to persecution, violence, displacement, and genocide.

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, which would again ban the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines – removing these weapons of war from the hands of civilians.

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL-06), and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) introduced bicameral legislation to provide the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with additional authority to protect consumers from the harm caused by traders that repeatedly manipulate electricity and natural gas markets. The Energy Consumer Protection Act is being introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA).