Honorable Mike Quigley
United States Representative, Illinois, Democrat
Representative Quigley, of the Fifth District of Illinois, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He served on the Cook County (Illinois) Board of Supervisors from 1998 to 2009. He sits on the Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The following is from the September 20, 2012, House floor debate on H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act. It’s like we’re stuck in some sort of time warp — a Groundhog Day to end all Groundhog Days. This House has voted 302 times to block action to address climate change, to…