Honorable Jan Schakowsky
United States Representative, Illinois, Democrat
Representative Schakowsky, of the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. She served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1990 to 1998. She sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where she is Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and on the Select Committee on Intelligence. She is also Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the Steering and Policy Committee. The following is from the January 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act.I rise today in support of H.R. 2,…
