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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.’

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.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement on her selection to serve as Chairwoman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee:

This month, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, led a letter signed by 70 of her colleagues calling for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to abandon their anti-union policies and bad-faith negotiations with AFGE. The Congresswoman, along with a few members who signed the letter, released the following statements:

WASHINGTON –Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) led over 170 House Democrats in opposing the Trump Administration’s latest attack on a women’s access to abortion. Members of the Senate sent a similar letter signed by 34 members, led by Senator patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, offered the following response following President Trump's Tuesday night address:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, offered the following statement after she cosponsored H.R. 1, the For the People Act, the House Democratic Majority's signature legislation to strengthen democracy, get big money out of politics, and clean up Congress:

"I am proud to join Speaker Pelosi, Congressman John Sarbanes, and more than 155 other House Democrats in taking an important first step toward fulfilling our promise to strengthen our democracy."

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the continuation of the partial government shutdown: