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Jan Schakowsky's Public Statements on Issue: Military Personnel

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (IL) - District 9

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08/23/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Quigley Leads Letter Urging Administration to End Discriminatory Military Policy
02/17/2022 Letter Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Urging TRICARE to cover COVID-19 Tests for Active-Duty Personnel and Military Families
08/18/2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President - Connolly, 47 Members Press White House for Answers on Afghanistan Evacuations
08/11/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Rep. Smith, Over 100 Members of the House Demand Full Federal Support for National Guard COVID-19 Response
07/08/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - DelBene Leads 116 Lawmakers Calling for End to Transgender Military Service Ban
05/20/2020 Letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper - More than 70 Members Call for Extension of National Guard COVID-19 Response Efforts After Curious Deadline Set
04/06/2020 Letter to Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense - Congressman Cohen Leads Letter Condemning Acting Navy Secretary's Dismissal of Captain Crozier of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt
09/26/2019 Letter to Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, James Inhofe, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Mac Thornberry, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, and Jack Reed, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member - Congressmen Don Young and Jimmy Panetta Lead Letter Urging Retention of Critical NDAA Anti-Hunger Provision for Military Families
09/23/2019 Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border
02/04/2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense - Scanlon, Kennedy and Speier Lead Call for Pentagon to Not Implement Ban on Transgender Military Service
01/22/2019 Schakowsky Statement on SCOTUS Decision Allowing Transgender Military Ban
10/23/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Acting Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Preserve Military Lending Act Protections
06/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
08/29/2017 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
07/26/2017 Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's Reckless, Transphobic Tweets
06/30/2017 Letter to the Honorable General James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Delay Implementation of Policy on Transgender Service Members
05/28/2017 Schakowsky statement in honor of Memorial Day
05/27/2016 Schakowsky Statement In Honor of Memorial Day
05/19/2016 Schakowsky Statement on the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Funding Bill
12/04/2014 Schakowsky Statement on "No" Vote on FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act
06/20/2014 Letter to Slcan Gibson, Department of Veterans Affairs - Sexual Assault Claims
06/20/2014 Letter to Sloan Gibson, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs - VA Care for Victims of Sexual Assault
06/12/2014 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript: Bowe Bergdahl
06/11/2014 CNN "Newsroom" - Transcript: Bowe Bergdahl
05/26/2014 Statement on Memorial Day and Our Veterans

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