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HCR23 - Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2023, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".
Ayanna S. Pressley, Pramila Jayapal, Barbara Lee
Last updated over 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB3421 - Medicare for All Act
Pramila Jayapal, Debbie Dingell, Alma S. Adams
Last updated over 1 year ago
114 Co-Sponsors
To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3682 - Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2023
Emanuel Cleaver, Lucy McBath, Donald Payne
Last updated over 1 year ago
72 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grants (for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies) to be used for school personnel in elementary and secondary schools and students in secondary schools to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1705 - A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act
Raul M. Grijalva, Barbara Lee, Janice D. Schakowsky
Last updated over 1 year ago
105 Co-Sponsors
To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#environmental-protection
HB7451 - Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2024
Rashida Tlaib, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Sylvia Garcia
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
To establish a pilot program to provide financial and non-financial housing assistance to certain homeless individuals, to provide for a study of the effects of the pilot program, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HR1026 - Supporting the goals and ideals of Black History Month and honoring the outstanding contributions of African-American Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
Joyce Beatty, Alma S. Adams, Sanford D. Bishop
Last updated 7 months ago
51 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB3475 - SAFE Act of 2023 Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2023
Vern Buchanan, Janice D. Schakowsky, Jimmy Panetta
Last updated over 1 year ago
230 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption.
STATUS
Introduced
#agriculture-and-food
HB1465 - Violet’s Law
Nancy Mace, Nanette Diaz Barragan, Earl Blumenauer
Last updated over 1 year ago
99 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#animals
HB7600 - American High-Speed Rail Act
Seth Moulton, Suzan DelBene, Brendan F. Boyle
Last updated 7 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
To amend chapter 261 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for high-speed rail corridor development, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB7782 - Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Delia C. Ramirez, Janice D. Schakowsky
Last updated 6 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from US Congress district HD-IL-9
COMMITTEES
US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Janice D. Schakowsky was born in 1944 in Chicago, IL. She received a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1965. Prior to her election to Congress, she served in the Illinois General Assembly. In 1998, Schakowsky was elected to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. She serves on the Energy & Commerce Committee. Some of her policy priorities and legislation have focused on healthcare, energy and the environment.read less
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US House from US Congress
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