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SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS LETTER SIGNED BY 200 ORGANIZATIONS CALLING
ON CHAIRMAN GREENSPAN TO CURTAIL PREDATORY LENDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded the effort by more than 200 organizations calling on Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to use his authority to curtail predatory lending.
"This is an impressive grassroots effort. I hope that Chairman Greenspan will take respond and act by sendng a loud message to predatory lenders that they will no longer be permitted to rob homeowners of their homes," Schakowsky said.
SCHAKOWSKY WORKS WITH COLLEAGUES TO PRESERVE BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL
CALLS ON REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO HONOR AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Representatives Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and others to call on the Republican Leadership to honor a bipartisan agreement to fund labor, health and education priorities.
Below is Schakowsky's statement from today's news conference.
DEMOCRATS JOIN PRESIDENT CLINTON AT WHITE HOUSE TO DEMAND FUNDS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION
SCHAKOWSKY SAYS SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS WOULD BENEFIT UNDER PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined her colleagues at a White House event with President Clinton to demand full funding of Democratic school construction and modernization proposals.
Schakowsky issued the below statement following the White House event.
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ACTION ON BILL TO HELP ILLINOIS RETIREES
URGES PRESIDENT CLINTON TO WORK TO WIN ENACTMENT OF THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS' IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) called on President Clinton to make the enactment of the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000, H.R. 4844, one of his priorities before Congress adjourns. Schakowsky said that the legislation would help retirees in Illinois and improve financial security for hundreds of thousands of senior citizens and their families across the country.
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY ON ATTACKS ON JEWISH RESIDENTS OF WEST ROGERS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement after last night's attacks on Jewish residents of the West Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago.
"I am concerned and deeply saddened that Chicago residents are being singled out for attack because they are Jewish.