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... there.   Rising health care costs are driving these deficits. Between 1970 and today, health care spending quintupled as a percent of our budget. As a percent of GDP, health care spending is now projected ...
... 73 members of Congress, calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate coal ash based on sound science and health risks to people and the environment.  Currently, there are no federal regulations ...
3. Honoring Our Nation's Veterans
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... unprecedented steps to improve veterans’ health care and education benefits. Since 2007, Congress has increased funding for veterans health care by nearly 70 percent, the largest increase in the ...
... Health Committee approved a Tunney-sponsored resolution calling for the reversal of an antiquated federal policy that dates back to 1985, when the AIDS virus was “still a mystery.”   The policy prohibits ...
... an emphasis on long-term financial health.  Its passage would be a welcome step in the direction of budget transparency. As Congress attempts to navigate the treacherous terrain of debt and deficits, ...
6. Quigley Calls for Overhaul of Defense Spending
(Latest News/2010 Press Releases)
... we are neglecting other vital, domestic investments such as health care, education, and infrastructure needed to remain a superpower.”      ...
... of Health Care Reform has taken effect in Illinois.  The state has opened enrollment in the new Illinois Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (IPXP), which will provide health insurance to uninsured Illinois ...
... American jobs overseas.  It also allocates $5.5 billion in health assistance to Illinois to provide Medicaid to the state’s most vulnerable patients.  ...
... she later learned, was not approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and no reputable hospitals or nursing homes would hire her.   What's worse is that when people like Parnell can't find ...
... House floor in response to the announcement of a rule that prohibits women in the new high-risk health insurance pools from purchasing full reproductive coverage with their own money.   Video of the ...
11. Health Care Updates and News You Can Use
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Health care provisions kicking in and dates to remember in the District " As Chicago continues to celebrate our Stanley Cup and with summer in full swing, I wanted to send you a brief update on what ...
... in limited areas of the ocean, and only when scientific research shows that activities can proceed with minimal risk to the health of ocean ecosystems.   Further, Quigley’s bill amends the Outer Continental ...
... areas where air pollution has reached unhealthy levels that can make people sick.  These people are sick because of pollutants like tar sands.   As Al Gore wrote in 2005, “it is now clear that we face ...
... – Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) called for Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ...
... by repealing the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act so that all domestic partners in committed relationships can enjoy the same benefits – including health care –  as the rest of us.”   In his ...
16. Quigley Statement on Caregivers and Veterans Health Act
(Latest News/2010 Press Releases)
... Obama signed S. 1963, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, which improves care for women veterans and provides unprecedented support for veteran caregivers.   “All too ...
17. Quigley Remembers Renae Ogletree
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... and health care.   She fought for the children of Chicago Public Schools.   And, in the final days of the fight of her life, the community she served for so long surrounded her with love and comfort. ...
... held the view that alcohol consumption creates a unique public health issue that requires responsible regulation.  The 21st amendment was intended to allow states to regulate alcoholic beverages free from ...
... S. 1963, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, which will reform and improve veterans’ health services by supporting wounded veterans and their families and caregivers.   "Madam ...
... lunches are healthy after his visit to Ravenswood Elementary (“Awful pizza and a dry pack of shreds of wilted lettuce and packaged dressing,” he said).     A visit to Superdawg was a window on ...
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