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May 22, 2003
MAY 22, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: TAX BILL IS A JOB KILLING PACKAGE CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICAN JOB KILLING MACHINE THAT COST NATION 2.7 MILLION JOBS SO FAR

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) tonight said that H.R. 2, the tax bill, is in fact ".a job killing package put forth by the Republican job killing machine that has already cost our country over 2 million jobs and $7 trillion.

Below is Schakowsky's Congressional Record statement in opposition to H.R. 2.


May 22, 2003
MAY 22, 2003

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO HONOR AMERICA'S
SERVICE PERSONNEL

May 21, 2003
MAY 21, 2003

PRESIDENT BUSH AND REPUBLICANS CONCENTRATE ON HELPING MILLIONAIRES INSTEAD OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

GOP REFUSING TO EXTEND FEDERAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SET TO EXPIRE MAY 31ST, 2003

WASINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said President Bush and Republican Congressional leaders are refusing to pass legislation that would help 187,000 unemployed workers in Illinois and 3.4 million individuals nationwide.


May 14, 2003
MAY 14, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS NEARLY 100 HOUSE DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORT OF FREE
AND OPEN MEDIA

OPPOSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO DESTROY ALREADY WEAKENED MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today said, "The Bush Administration and the FCC have tuned out public voices and tuned in Rupert Murdock and all other media barons."


May 13, 2003
MAY 13, 2003

ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS
BY LEADING NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
FINDS IT "SKEWED TO THE WEALTHY"

May 12, 2003
MAY 12, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS SUFFERING
IN THE BUSH RECESSION

May 8, 2003
MAY 8, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: SARS EPIDEMIC CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR THE US TO REINVEST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM

May 6, 2003
MAY 6, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES HUNDREDS
OF NURSES DURING RALLY IN SUPPORT
OF SAFE STAFFING RATIOS

May 5, 2003
MAY 5, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS MOVE AGAINST THREAT OF WEST NILE VIRUS - HOLD FORUM TO PREPARE AND COORDINATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIRUS

NORTH SUBURBS HARDEST HIT BY WEST NILE VIRUS LAST YEAR

EVANSTON, IL - Following last year's deadly outbreak of West Nile Virus across the nation and especially in Chicago's Northern Suburbs, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and local and state elected officials sponsored a forum to confront the challenges posed by the virus to local communities.


May 5, 2003
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a champion for greater legal protections for battered immigrant women, today delivered the keynote address at the Midwest Regional Training of the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women.