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Mike Quigley is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 5th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Quigley has focused on issues such as environmental protection, healthcare, and government transparency. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at addressing climate change and has worked on initiatives to improve public health and safety in his district. Quigley has also served on various committees, contributing to discussions on national security and budgetary matters.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Before Dodd-Frank, consumer protection laws were enforced by a patchwork of different regulations, each focused on their own issues. The CFPB enhanced and simplified consumer regulation, consolidating…
As the designee of Ranking Member Lowey, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
This type of amendment bluntly imposes cuts to government function without regard to merit or consequence. Indiscriminate cuts to the administration accounts in this bill would lead to weakened cybersecurity and increased threat of…
Just across-the-board cuts are an abdication of responsibility. It is up to us as appropriators to determine exactly what needs funding and at what levels. For those reasons, I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield…
I thank the ranking member for yielding. I want to thank Mrs. Lowey and the chairman for their leadership throughout the appropriations process. Mr. Chairman, as ranking member of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee…
Some of us in this room are old enough to remember duck and cover. As kids, the notion was that, if you hid under a half-inch plywood piece of desk under a thermonuclear attack, you would be safe. It is not a particularly rational idea…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased $921,000,000)''. Page 297, line 21, after…
Respectfully, what the gentleman is talking about has been done many times. Again, in 2013, the Pentagon said we could do this with one-third of the weapons we have now. The cost of restoring a weapon like the B61 is more than its weight…
A few weeks ago, the President tweeted the word ``covfefe.'' We still don't know what it means, why the President tweeted it, or if it was simply an innocent typo, something we are all guilty of making. But what is more important than the…
Last week, I spent our congressional recess in the Rocky Mountain National Park, home to some of America's most unique and breathtaking natural wonders, in an attempt to better understand the mounting impacts climate change has on our…
Legislation has been introduced in this Congress and last Congress to fix this situation.
Today is World Press Freedom Day, a day that deserves commemoration now more than ever. Undermining the credibility of the free press and attempting to turn the American people against the media is reminiscent of authoritarian tactics, not…
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