Nov 18, 2014
Mr. Speaker, as it stands today, the 113th Congress will go down in history as the Congress of abandoned authority. With little exception, this Congress has failed to address the issues the American people sent us here to take on: tax…
Mike Quigley
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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.
Congressional Record · 2014-11-18
Sep 17, 2014
Madam Speaker, this week the House will vote on loosely related bits of campaign fodder bundled together and labeled a ``jobs'' bill. But if we really want to help American workers and boost our economy, let's take a vote to increase the…
Sep 16, 2014
Mr. Speaker, this week the men and women through their Representatives in Congress will welcome an ally and a friend. When Ukraine's new President, Petro Poroshenko, addresses a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he will do so at a…
Sep 10, 2014
Mr. Speaker, just last month, hundreds of thousands of residents in Toledo, Ohio, were left without access to potable water and faced an extended drinking water ban, after unsafe toxin levels, likely caused by a Lake Erie algal bloom, were…
Jul 29, 2014
Mr. Speaker, as the House uses what little legislative time is left in the year to sue the President, I am reminded of what Benjamin Disraeli once said: ``How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.'' That is the reason why…
Jul 24, 2014
Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my deep sympathy for all of those affected by the tragedy of Flight MH-17. It is unthinkable that a commercial airliner would ever be shot down by a surface-to-air missile, and yet, that is exactly…
Jul 16, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I had hoped we would have settled this debate decades ago. Yet here we are in 2014, and we are still arguing over access to birth control for women. According to the five-man Supreme Court majority in the Hobby Lobby case, it…
Jul 15, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of summer food security programs for America's children because, unlike Congress, hunger doesn't take a summer vacation. Today, in the United States, food insecurity is persistent and rampant. We…
Jul 10, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the National Gay Blood Drive, because I know that being gay does not implicitly make someone an unsafe blood donor. Our current FDA policy paints all gay and bisexual men with the same brush…
Jul 9, 2014
Mr. Chairman, it is time we take a smarter approach to our nuclear weapons strategy. I rise today to offer a reasonable amendment that ensures that taxpayer dollars are not wasted on a weapon that the Pentagon is not even sure we will have…
Jul 9, 2014
Mr. Chairman, the NNSA has a tough enough job as it is developing nuclear weapons and handling and restoring the weapons that we already have. We have to make choices here. This is a weapon that won't be needed until 2030, if it is needed…
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