Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY OPPOSES POSSIBLE COMCAST-DISNEY MERGERWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in reaction to Comcast's bid to buy Disney. Schakowsky is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee.

Below is Schakowsky's statement:

"The public interest will not be served by another mega media merger. Diversity of ideas and independent voices are practically non existent in the media today and a merger between two giants like Comcast and Disney would all but silence them.

FEBRUARY 10, 2004

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUDIATE INAPPROPRIATE REMARKS ABOUT
SINGLE MOTHERS BY TOM DELAY

February 6, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
LEAK OF IDENTITY OF CIA OPERATIVE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the "unlawful exposure of a CIA officer's identity last year." She is the wife of Joe Wilson, a former Ambassador, who was critical of the Bush Administration's rush to war with Iraq.

According to a Washington Post, October 10, 2001, article, President Bush said:

February 6, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO BUSH ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

"JANUARY'S JOB NUMBERS ARE PART
OF A LONG STRING OF ECONOMIC
FAILURES FOR PRESIDENT BUSH"

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to employment figures released today by the Bush Administration showing that 112,000 jobs were created in January. At the same time, 432,000 discouraged Americans left the workforce or did not enter the job market at all.

February 6, 2004S

CHAKOWSKY: ONLY AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION WOULD ESTABLISH IF THE PRESIDENT MANIPULATED INTELLIGENCE TO JUSTIFY WAR WITH IRAQ

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a chief Deputy Whip, today issued the following statement after President Bush signed an Executive Order to create a commission to examine pre-war intelligence.

"President Bush's handpicked commission with its narrow focus is unacceptable and an insult to the millions of Americans demanding to know the truth," Schakowsky said.

MARCH 15, 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.

Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, March 14, 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said: