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EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, was joined by Reps. Buddy Carter (GA-01), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Mike Kelly (PA-16) in reintroducing The Lymphedema Treatment Act. The Lymphedema Treatment Act, H.R. 3630, was reintroduced with 147 original co-sponsors, the most original cosponsors - in both the House and Senate - than any other healthcare bill thus far in the 117^th Congress. The legislation ensures that Medicare Part B covers compression garments, the clinically-recognized treatment for lymphedema.

EVANSTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, recognized the 50^th Anniversary of Alligator Records, which gave way to the Chicago blues music heritage and contemporary blues millions of Americans enjoy today. She introduced H. Res. 443, a Congressional Resolution honoring the record label's history and achievements.

EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, announced the winners of the Illinois 9th Congressional District's 2021 "An Artistic Discovery" Congressional Art Competition, naming students who were chosen to receive the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes. This annual competition, sponsored by the Congressional Institute, invites young artists from around the nation to compose and submit visual art to their member of Congress. The winning piece from each District is then hung in the Cannon Tunnel, which lawmakers, staff, and tourists alike pass each day as they move between the House Office Buildings and the U.S. Capitol.

WASHINGTON  – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) joined her colleagues Barbara Lee (CA-13), Co-Chair of the Majority Leader's Taskforce on Poverty and Opportunity, and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chair of the House Progressive Caucus, to unveil a Congressional resolution calling for a bold Third reconstruction, which demands that the U.S. fully address poverty and low wages from the bottom up.  This legislation was endorsed by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz  Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), David Price (D-NC), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), and John Yarmuth (D-KY) sent a letter with 138 cosigners to President Biden calling for him and his Administration to boldly lead and take decisive action to immediately end the violence in Israel and Gaza.

A copy of the signed letter can be found here.

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced the Save America's Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would permanently ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the United States as well as prohibit the export of live horses to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses to be sold overseas. The SAFE Act has been endorsed by the ASPCA, Animal Welfare Institute, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), David Price (D-NC), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) released a statement on the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza:

"The recent outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza has led to hundreds of casualties. Innocent lives have been lost. It is of the utmost necessity that an immediate ceasefire be put in place and further bloodshed averted. The alternative is an unfolding human tragedy of unimaginable dimensions.

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, joined 105 members in demanding House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy meet with Metropolitan Police Department Office Michael Fanone. Officer Fanone bravely defended the United States Capitol on January 6 and suffered severe injuries. The letter was sent to McCarthy during National Police Week, a time to celebrate the heroism of our law enforcement officers and commemorate those who lost their lives in the line of duty.