Jan Schakowsky

Janice Schakowsky is the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 9th congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is anchored in Chicago’s North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan.

It also includes many of Chicago’s northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Niles, Park Ridge, Rosemont, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka.

Date of birth:
26th May, 1944
"The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Leadership
"As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Health
"Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Health
"Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Health
"In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Health
"We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide."
― Jan Schakowsky
Topic(s): Health

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