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Mike Quigley

American Politician

Born: Oct 17, 1958

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We have over 100,000 bridges in this country old enough to qualify for Medicare. Mike Quigley

Old Country Enough Over Qualify Old Enough Bridges Medicare

In Chicago, we have a century-old transit system that desperately needs updates to keep up with increased capacity. Mike Quigley

Needs Increased Desperately System Chicago Up Transit Capacity Keep

While the FAST Act is a significant bipartisan accomplishment that provides much-needed funding certainty, this modest increase in funding is hardly the bold, forward-thinking plan our country needs to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create a 21st-century transportation system. Mike Quigley

Needs Country Rebuild Increase Our System Significant Crumbling Provides Accomplishment While Infrastructure Modest Plan Create Act Certainty Transportation Bold Fast Hardly Funding Bipartisan

What America really needs is a long-term bill that makes significant investments in our transportation infrastructure and reforms the highway trust fund to ensure it remains solvent for years to come. This will require bold ideas and a bipartisan effort. Mike Quigley

Needs Trust Will Our Ensure Significant Solvent Remains Investments Long-Term Highway Come Ideas Makes Years Trust Fund Effort America Reforms Infrastructure Really Require Bill Transportation Bold Fund Bipartisan

As the leaders of this great country, I urge my fellow colleagues in the House, governors, and presidential candidates alike to hold ourselves up to a higher standard. Mike Quigley

Great Country Great Country Presidential Alike Ourselves Colleagues Higher Higher Standard Leaders House Fellow Up Governors Candidates Hold Urge Standard

On Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country, anti-women's health politicians continue to make it clear that they will stop at nothing to end access to a safe, legal abortion. Mike Quigley

We must not let politicians who believe they are above the Constitution interfere with the personal health decisions of women. It is the job of a woman, not a politician, to make informed decisions about her own pregnancy. Mike Quigley

Anytime a member of Congress wants to travel abroad - which we do from time to time as part of our official duties - we are required to check with the House Committee on Ethics as to whether the trip follows the ethics rules by which federally elected officials are bound. Not so with Supreme Court justices. Mike Quigley

Time Travel Ethics Congress Our Rules Member Trip Follows Abroad Part Bound Check House Supreme Supreme Court Court Official Officials From Time To Time Committee Duties Wants Anytime Whether Which Justices Elected Elected Officials Required

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business. Mike Quigley

Business People Top About Know How End Conduct Officials Any May Influence In The End Public Engage Public Officials Right

We've seen it again and again. From civil rights to women's rights to marriage rights, this country has reinvented itself in the quest to make real the transcendent values that Lincoln proclaimed in his historic address - that all men are created equal in a nation conceived in liberty. Mike Quigley

Rights Marriage Women Liberty Values Men Seen Country Nation Address Civil Civil Rights Conceived Equal Make Real Lincoln His Quest Historic Itself Transcendent Again Proclaimed Created Reinvented

Denial of contraception to women without the financial means to afford it could cause substantial economic burdens, and even greater burdens if the lack of contraception results in an unintended pregnancy. Mike Quigley

Women Financial Cause Denial Economic Results Could Greater Without Contraception Afford Burdens Lack Substantial Pregnancy Means Unintended Even

Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process. Mike Quigley

Government Better Research Extraordinary Ought Everyone Inside Able Know Make Without How Dollars Going Tax Where Happening Tax Dollars Process Decisions Then Electoral Skills Electoral Process

We know that trade doesn't just help Wall Street or even just Main Street; it also helps businesses on the side streets, such as Elston Avenue in my home district. Mike Quigley

Home Avenue Side District Main Main Street Know Also Trade Wall Wall Street Just Help Businesses Even Helps Street Streets

In my home district, exports support more than 100,000 jobs. Imagine how many more jobs we can create by breaking down the barriers that prevent Chicago-made goods and services from entering new markets. Mike Quigley

Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs. Mike Quigley

Rights Opportunity Will Lose Human Rights Our Way Negotiations Out Jobs See Environment Leading Abuse Economy Likely Without Trade Expand Labor Human Irreversible While Create Widespread Damage

Being on the Intelligence Committee made me more of a hawk. Mike Quigley

Me Intelligence Made More Hawk Committee Being

I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet. Mike Quigley

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The Russians hacked into the Illinois State Board of Elections. They got into the database. Mike Quigley

State Russians Database Hacked Got Board Elections Illinois

For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them. Mike Quigley

Work Faith Challenges Old Values Face Numerous Our Weaken Diplomatic More Both Allies Counted Shared Step Investment Put New Institutions Protect Dear Up Decades Hold Them International Plate Need

The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there - all make it really important for the Russia investigation. Mike Quigley

Inhumane treatment of the undocumented cannot be rewarded with repeated budget increases. It goes against our country's most fundamental values and cannot continue. We must cut I.C.E.s budgets until these concerns are addressed. Mike Quigley

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