Honorable Jan Schakowsky
United States Representative, Illinois, Democrat
Representative Schakowsky, of the Ninth 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 is a member of the Financial Services Committee and the Government Reform Committee. The following is from the May 16, 2002, House floor debate on H.R. 4737, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act. I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote against H.R. 4737, the Republican TANF [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] reauthorization bill. The Republican plan does not provide real assistance to needy families….
