Press Releases
May 17, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and Co-Chairs of the Haiti Caucus, U.S. Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Yvette Clarke, introduced a groundbreaking resolution to establish the Louverture Investment Plan. Named for the renowned leader of the Haitian independence, Toussaint Louverture, this plan is a 10-year, $50 billion development program to rebuild Haiti to stabilize the country, strengthen democratic and judiciary institutions, invest in critical infrastructure, spur economic growth, and improve opportunities to women and youth to secure the welfare of the Haitian people. This resolution comes in advance of the 221st anniversary on May 18th of the adoption of the Haitian Flag.
May 15, 2024
WASHINGTON - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement on H.R. 3950, the Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act, which passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 388-24:
May 13, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led their colleagues today in a letter to U.S.
May 8, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), co-leads of the Safer Beauty Bill Package, joined advocacy stakeholders for a roundtable discussion on current cosmetic safety issues.
May 6, 2024
WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement in observation of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day:
May 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after voting against H.R.6090:
April 29, 2024
WASHINGTON - Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
April 23, 2024
EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s final rule on national minimum nursing home staffing standards:
April 20, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement after voting to pass the emergency funding packages to provide critical foreign security and humanitarian assistance:
April 10, 2024
WASHINGTON - As millions of Americans prepare to file their taxes ahead of the federal deadline on April 15, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today introduced legislation to ensure that large corporations are finally required to pay their fair share. The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act would stop corporations from sheltering profits in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg, eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, and close loopholes in the tax code that allow corporations to get away with paying little to nothing in taxes.