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In response to reports that President Donald Trump will belatedly present at 2:00pm Friday, May 11, his plans to address the soaring cost of prescription drugs, the Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force released a list of key provisions that any effective plan should include. With drug prices soaring at a rate 10 times that of inflation and pharmaceutical corporations price gouging patients, there is a true drug pricing crisis in the United States. Even in the face of the opioid epidemic, a devastating national public health emergency, the price of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose reversal drug, has been spiked by almost 600%.

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, along with Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), released the following statement opposing President Trump's announcement that the United States will violate the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by reinstating all sanctions on Iran that had been waived by the accord:

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky announced the top three winners in the Illinois 9^th Congressional District's 2018 "An Artistic Discovery" Congressional Art Competition. This annual competition, sponsored by the Congressional Institute, invites young artists from around the nation to compose and submit visual art to their member of Congress. The winning piece from each District is then hung in a place of prominence in the Capitol complex.

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with Congressman David Price (D-NC), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Yarmuth (D-KY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement after President Trump announced that he would not waive, and would reimpose, Iranian sanctions lifted as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran Nuclear Deal.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after it was reported that President Trump would be making his announcement on the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran Deal, tomorrow afternoon:

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after it was reported that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of more than 50,000 Hondurans:

Today, the former Naval Air Station (NAS) Glenview, now known as "The Glen", was named by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of four winners of the first annual "Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse" awards.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a member of the Quiet Skies Caucus, released the following statement following her vote in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act:

“This vote was a step forward for residents around O’Hare Airport who are deal with airplane noise every day. The FAA bill includes an amendment that I cosponsored to improve measurement of airport noise and better address resident noise concerns. It also requires studies on the impacts of airport noise and strategies on noise mitigation.