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SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT DETAILING ABUSE OF IMMIGRANTS FOLLOWING 9/11
June 5, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 5, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT DETAILING
ABUSE OF IMMIGRANTS FOLLOWING 9/11

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to a report by the Inspector General of the the Department of Justice detailing the mistreatment of immigrants detained after 9/11.

Below is Schakowsky's statement:

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS WANT SMALL GOVERNMENT JUST SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE YOUR BEDROOM
June 4, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 4, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS WANT SMALL GOVERNMENT - JUST SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE YOUR BEDROOM

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following statement during debate on H.R. 760, so called partial birth abortion bill:

Republicans want small government - just small enough to fit inside your bedroom.

{SCHAKOWSKY STATEMENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
June 4, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 4, 2003

{SCHAKOWSKY STATEMENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
TO PROHIBIT DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORTS FOR TRUTH ON WMD
June 4, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 4, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORTS
FOR TRUTH ON WMD

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and others in calling on the Bush Administration to release evidence about claims made by the President relating to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. The members announced plans to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry to compel the Administration to justify its action.

Below is Schakowsky's statement:

SCHAKOWSKY: SMOKELESS TOBACCO IS A THREAT TO OUR NATIONS PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN NEARLY ONE IN SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS USE DIP/CHEW/SPIT TOBACCO
June 3, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 3, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: SMOKELESS TOBACCO IS A THREAT TO OUR NATION'S PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN

NEARLY ONE IN SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
USE DIP/CHEW/SPIT TOBACCO

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today debunked claims by the tobacco industry that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, adding, "Smokeless tobacco is a threat to our nation's public health, and especially to the health of our children."

SCHAKOWSKY, DEMOCRATS WORK TO UNDO DAMAGE TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT BUSH CANCEL CHILD CREDIT CHECKS FOR FAMILIES MAKING BETWEEN $10,500 AND $25,625 THATS NEARLY 1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN ILLINOIS
June 3, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 3, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY, DEMOCRATS WORK TO UNDO DAMAGE TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT BUSH CANCEL CHILD CREDIT CHECKS FOR FAMILIES MAKING BETWEEN $10,500 AND $25,625 -
THAT'S NEARLY 1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN ILLINOIS

SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT FOR OPEN AND FREE MEDIA. FCC DECISION IS AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND AN ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
June 2, 2003
Press Release
JUNE 2, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR OPEN AND FREE MEDIA

FCC DECISION IS AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND AN ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS DENY MILLIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE FAMILIES INCREASE IN CHILD TAX CREDIT PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS MILLIONAIRES EVEN AFTER REPUBLICANS OMIT PROVISION THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
May 29, 2003
Press Release
MAY 29, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS DENY
MILLIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE FAMILIES
INCREASE IN CHILD TAX CREDIT

PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS MILLIONAIRES EVEN AFTER REPUBLICANS OMIT
PROVISION THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that President Bush signed the tax bill even after a change in the eleventh hour by Republicans that prevents millions of low-income families from receiving the increased child tax credit.

SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKYS LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN
May 29, 2003
Press Release
MAY 29, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED

SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKY'S LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY
May 26, 2003
Press Release
MAY 26, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES
ON MEMORIAL DAY