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January 27, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day:


January 25, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement regarding the deal to temporarily end the partial government shutdown:


January 25, 2019

Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a resolution to designate January 25th, 2019,as Women’s Health Research Day. Their legislation aims to recognize the need to increase awareness of sex- and gender-based biomedical research, which the National Institutes of Health did not consider prior to 2016, the underrepresentation of women in past biomedical research and the importance of inclusive health research for women.

Issues:Health

January 24, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to start sending asylum seekers to Mexico tomorrow:

Issues:Immigration

January 23, 2019

Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) Week. The members, along with the Garry Brydges DNP, MBA, ACNP-BC, CRNA, FAAN, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, released the following statements:

Issues:Health

January 22, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to lift nationwide injunctions allowing the Trump administration's policy, hindering transgender troops from serving in the military, to go into effect:


January 22, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:

Issues:Health

January 22, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

Issues:Immigration

January 21, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force released the following statement honoring MLK Day:

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’


January 19, 2019

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, offered the following statement responding to President Trump’s Speech:

“President Trump’s proposal falls well short of a good faith effort to reopen the government or address the humanitarian crisis that he created at the border.