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EVANSTON – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the 20^th anniversary of the September 11^th attacks:

EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus' Providers and Clinics Task Force, issued a statement following the news of Texas' shameful "Heartbeat" abortion ban and the Supreme Court's refusal to stop it from going into effect:

WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chair, and Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Ranking Member of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo on Chinese drone company Shenzhen DJI Sciences and Technologies Ltd. (DJI). DJI was placed on the Department of Commerce's Entity List in December 2020 for its role in supporting China's human rights abuses.

The letter reads, in part:

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Manufacturing Reinvestment Corporation Act.

EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued a statement following the news of a terrorist bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan:

EVANSTON – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the House Energy and Commerce's Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, joined a bipartisan letter to the White House today, seeking answers on the Biden Administration's plans to evacuate U.S. citizens, Afghan allies and their families, women, NGO employees, journalists, and others from Afghanistan.

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

"August 7, 1933. 88 years ago, this day was the first of several filled with terror that will forever be remembered and recognized by the Assyrian community. 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.