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Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, led 81 Democratic Members of Congress on two separate letters supporting the rights of their constituents to bargain collectively for good wages and benefits in contract negotiations. These letters, sent to the CEO of American Airlines Group and the President of the Communications Workers of America, come as the two parties are engaged in contract negotiations over passenger service members at American Airlines’ wholly-owned subsidiaries, Envoy and Piedmont.

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and the Ranking Democrat on the now-defunct Select Investigative Panel, led the Democratic Members of the Panel on a letter to Health and Human Services(HHS) Secretary Alex Azar. In the letter, Reps. Schakowsky, Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, Jackie Speier, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Suzan DelBene, expressed their serious concerns about the current Chief of Staff to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at HHS, Mr. March Bell. Mr.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after voting "no" on the Republican's fifth short-term spending bill of the current fiscal year:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, and Congressman Ben Ray Lujan, member of the Subcommittee, sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security regarding Uber’s concealment of its 2016 data breach from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as it negotiated a consent agreement with the FTC for an earlier breach.

This week, Rep. Jan Schakowsky met with 4 artists from the Arts of Life Studio, a non-profit in Glenview, Illinois whose mission is to “advance the creative arts community by providing artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities a collective space to expand their practice and strengthen their leadership."

Each of the four artists who met with Rep. Schakowsky will have a piece of art hung up in the Congresswoman’s Glenview office for the next year. After the meeting, Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement:

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement in response to a bill being considered by the Polish government, which would make it a crime to suggest any level of Polish participation in in war crimes during the Holocaust.

“If we are to avoid repeating the haunting mistakes of our past, we must be willing to speak openly and honestly about them – no matter how difficult or uncomfortable it may feel.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement on the imminent demolition of seven structures in the Palestinian village of Susya after the Israeli Supreme Court declined to issue an injunction to prevent these demolitions:

“The Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow for the demolition of seven structures in Susya is extremely upsetting. For the sake of Israel’s security, the fate of Susya’s inhabitants, and the future promise of a two-state solution, I hope that the Israeli government does not move forward with these demolitions.

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement on the first anniversary of President Trump's Muslim Ban:

"A year ago today, less than a week into his Presidency and on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Donald Trump blew out the torch held by the Statue of Liberty. Putting his xenophobia and islamophobia on full display, he attempted to instate his now notorious Muslim Ban. This illegal, immoral policy will go down in the annals of American history as an embarrassing and hateful blemish – a sad reminder of how far we still have to go to become the compassionate, egalitarian nation we strive to be.