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January 31, 2020

EVANSTON, IL - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky announced today that her constituent, longtime small business advocate and former solo-entrepreneur Geraldine "Geri" Sanchez Aglipay, will be her guest at the upcoming State of the Union Address. Geri is the Midwest manager of outreach, education, and policy efforts at Small Business Majority, an organization that advocates for small businesses across the country and provides tools and resources to small businesses and independent entrepreneurs, with a special focus on underserved communities.


January 30, 2020

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, released a statement on the first case of human-to-human transmission of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States, which has been confirmed in Illinois:


January 30, 2020

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement following the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force:


January 30, 2020

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement upon passage of the "No War Against Iran Act" which would deny funding to the Trump Administration to wage war against Iran unless Congress issues a formal declaration of war:


January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Access to Medicines Co-Lead on Speaker Pelosi's 8-Member working group, made the following statement after President Trump signed the United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement into law:


January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, made the following statement after the House passed S. 3201, the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Schedule of Fentanyl Analogues Act:

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January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, issue the following statement in response to the White House's announced "Peace Plan":


January 22, 2020

EVANSTON, IL - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Providers and Clinics Task Force, released the following statement on the 47th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:


January 21, 2020

EVANSTON, IL - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, announced the winner of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge competition for the 9th Congressional District of Illinois.

"I am happy to announce that Max Ward, a resident of Mount Prospect and a senior at Prospect High School, has won this year's competition. Congratulations, Max!


January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the House Budget Committee, made the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued their legal opinion on the actions surrounding the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine: