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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two critical funding bills to keeping our government open and vital services operating. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, voted NO on H.R. 1158 and voted YES on H.R. 1865. Schakowsky issued the following statement:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky announced several opportunities this week to meet with staff and apply to work for the 2020 Census. Every ten years, the United States Census Bureau is tasked with counting every single individual in the country. This work is incredibly important. These census counts impact congressional representation, federal funding formulas, and more.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement upon final passage of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act:
Washington, DC – 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, released a statement on the passage of H.R. 3, The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, by a vote of 230-192:
"Today, the House passed the Elijah E. CummingsLower Drug Costs Now Act and accomplished a transformative, historic step to lower drug prices for people across the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky seeking information on the targeted marketing and sale of the company's talc-based baby powder and its potential to cause harm, particularly to women, teenage girls, and people of color, due to asbestos contamination.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, made the following statement on the passage of H.R. 4, The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, by a vote of 228-187.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, made the following statement on the passage of H. Res. 326, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the United States efforts to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution, by a vote of 226-188, with 2 voting present:
"Today the House of Representatives sent an important message to those seeking a just peace, dignity and security for Israelis and Palestinians: We firmly stand behind a two-state solution and oppose any action that makes that goal harder to achieve.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, announced that her Lymphedema Treatment Act (H.R. 1948) will be included in the version of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, that will be voted on in the House next week. Her bipartisan and bicameral legislation was introduced alongside Representatives Buddy Carter (R-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Mike Kelly (R-PA) in March 2019 with 93 original cosponsors; today, H.R. 1948 has 365 cosponsors, making it the most widely supported health care bill in the 116th Congress.