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Washington, DC – Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee successfully passed 25 pieces of bi-partisan legislation, sending them to the House floor for consideration by the entire chamber. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee sponsored four robust and bipartisan pieces of legislation that were passed in today’s markup—more than any other member of the Committee.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after a resolution condemning statements by the President passed the House by a vote of 240-187:

“I did not think a day would come where I would have to vote to condemn the President of the United States for being racist. What the President said regarding Congresswomen Pressley, Omar, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Cortez was racist – full stop. The President is a small man. He is a small man who fears the voices of these young members of Congress who fight for their constituents day in and day out. Shame on you President Trump. You are not worthy of your office.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chairwoman of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, released the following statement upon reports of the Federal Trade Commission fining Facebook:

“If today's reports of a record-breaking $5 billion fine for Facebook are true, the sad reality is that this does not go nearly far enough. For a company that last year alone generated revenue nearly 11 times greater than the reported fine, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should send a clear signal to Facebook and so many other tech companies that privacy is their ultimate responsibility. If these reports are true, then they failed.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement upon passage of the National Defense Authorization Act:

“I have voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) twice in my career. The first time was when ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was repealed, and the second time was today. Here is why.

“This year’s NDAA was drafted by our Democratic Majority and contains numerous provisions Democrats have been working to achieve for over a decade. First, this bill, while still overly expensive, cuts $17 billion dollars from the President’s defense budget for the first time in history. The bill also:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement upon passage of her amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which will help provide essential oversight of private security contractors:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Susan Davis, Rosa DeLauro, Lloyd Doggett, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Angie Craig led over 100 of their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and asking him to remove biologics exclusivity language from the pending language in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement. That language would lock the United States into at least 10 years of marketing exclusivity for biologic drugs and hinder Congress from taking action to increase competition and enhance patient access to more affordable prescription drugs.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chairwoman of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement following the Health Subcommittee’s mark-up today that included two bills she introduced:

EVANSTON, IL – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, has reintroduced the Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development (SHARED) Act of 2019. Part of the “Frack Pack” of bills to improve safeguards against the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, the legislation would require testing and reporting of water contamination near hydraulic fracturing sites.