Jan Schakowsky

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

— Jan Schakowsky

We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.

— Jan Schakowsky

The best way to earn a fortune in America is to already have one.

— Jan Schakowsky

20,000 jobs is really not that many jobs.

— Jan Schakowsky

I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.

— Jan Schakowsky

Making sure women get equal pay for equal work remains one of my top priorities.

— Jan Schakowsky

We were far from rich, but I never remember my parents worrying about money.

— Jan Schakowsky

Your health benefits are not a gift - you work hard for them every day.

— Jan Schakowsky

President Trump proclaimed 'America First' from the inauguration stage. As an American Jew and daughter of immigrants, that slogan makes me shiver.

— Jan Schakowsky

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity…

— Jan Schakowsky

Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.

— Jan Schakowsky

Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.

— Jan Schakowsky

Americans firmly rejected Republican legislative efforts to repeal the ACA - only 17 percent supported it.

— Jan Schakowsky

If we can spend over $3 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, surely we can find the money to meet…

— Jan Schakowsky

A woman should not have to fear retribution from her employer, and the District of Columbia should be able to pass laws…

— Jan Schakowsky

Americans have a right to the security of their personal information, and the entities that hold personal information have a responsibility to…

— Jan Schakowsky

For far too long, virtually every time Americans have been asked to make 'tough choices,' it has resulted in disproportionate harm for…

— Jan Schakowsky

Since the Affordable Care Act allows individuals to buy affordable health care coverage on their own, women no longer have to remain…

— Jan Schakowsky

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school…

— Jan Schakowsky

We must organize. We must protest. We must cry out in a loud voice that America needs a raise. We must keep…

— Jan Schakowsky

From its onset, the labor movement has been at the forefront of the fight to improve working conditions and workplace safety. At…

— Jan Schakowsky

The effects of climate change are real and only getting worse. I would like to build on the promises of the Paris…

— Jan Schakowsky

Jackie Berman, a 64-year-old widow and former special education teacher from Chicago, enrolled in Obamacare. She really needed coverage after sustaining serious…

— Jan Schakowsky

Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history…

— Jan Schakowsky

Republicans who oppose Obamacare have a responsibility to show that they can do better - not return us to the days when…

— Jan Schakowsky

More than 180 countries around the world have ratified CEDAW, some with reservations. While the United States signed the treaty in 1981,…

— Jan Schakowsky

As a member of the Democratic Women's Working Group and Co-Chair of the Congressional Seniors Task Force, I will keep fighting for…

— Jan Schakowsky

It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found…

— Jan Schakowsky

Memorial Day is all about celebrating the lives of the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our…

— Jan Schakowsky

Every American must be guaranteed dignity and independence in their retirement.

— Jan Schakowsky

As a Jew, support for Israel is in my DNA.

— Jan Schakowsky

Unequal pay exists across most job sectors of our economy, even in nursing.

— Jan Schakowsky

When we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help.

— Jan Schakowsky

Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per gallon would eliminate our oil imports from…

— Jan Schakowsky

Ensuring that our children have more and better opportunities is the essence of the American dream.

— Jan Schakowsky

No military contractors should have a 'shoot first' culture that puts civilians or our brave military service members in danger.

— Jan Schakowsky

Why did we not know that heads of state were being eavesdropped on, spied on? We are the intelligence committee and we…

— Jan Schakowsky

American workers are the best in the world. They teach our children, care for our sick and elderly, build our communities, and…

— Jan Schakowsky

It is truly appalling for Senator Mark Kirk to equate the Obama Administration's diplomacy with Nazi appeasement. As a Jewish-American, I am…

— Jan Schakowsky

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act doesn't protect women's health. It threatens it.

— Jan Schakowsky