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WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act in the House of Representatives, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), along with CPC Vice-Chair and Health Task Force Chair Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement celebrating the exclusion of a proposed multi-billion-dollar bailout of the pharmaceutical industry from the final bill, and vowing to reject such lobbying efforts while working aggressively to reduce drug prices under a Democratic-led Congress.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced H.R. 6903, the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2018. This bill calls for the full disclosure of all ingredients included in beauty and personal care products including fragrances. It also outright bans toxic ingredients, like carcinogens, in those products. After introducing the Safe Cosmetics Act, Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement:

Washington—Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) today released the following joint statement on Israel’s planned demolition of the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar:

“As members of Congress who have long championed a two-state solution that guarantees Israel’s security and recognizes the Palestinians’ inherent right of self-determination, we call on Prime Minister Netanyahu not to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar.

Today Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's announced changes to the Public Charge Rule:

"President Trump and his Administration are not content with simply terrorizing undocumented immigrants and the communities they live in. Their latest anti-immigrant attack sets its sights on legal, taxpaying immigrants to our country. Shame on them.

Schakowsky, Chabot, and Engel Lead Letter to Pompeo on Reuters Journalists Imprisoned in Burma

WASHINGTON— U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last Friday in preparation for the United Nations General Assembly encouraging the Administration to continue to publicly call for the release of the two Reuters journalists unjustly sentenced in Burma for covering the Rohingya genocide and to raise their case with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Today, during a press conference in the lobby of Stroger Hospital in Chicago, Illinois Democrats unveiled a new report, issued by the Democratic staff on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which outlined the number of people in Cook County who are living with pre-existing conditions and others who are at risk of losing their health insurance coverage or being charged higher premiums due to the latest Republican attack on Obamacare – a Texas lawsuit that takes direct aim at Americans’ health care.

“The allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh are credible and disturbing. I applaud her courage for coming forward despite the chaos and frenzy that she will undoubtedly face because of it.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, and Budget Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Yarmuth, issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s recent actions regarding Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: