Jan Schakowsky
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"Janice "Jan" Schakowsky" is the United States House of Representatives/U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party.

The district includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Illinois/Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Illinois/Evanston, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois/Glenview, Niles, Illinois/Niles, Park Ridge, Illinois/Park Ridge, Rosemont, Illinois/Rosemont, Skokie, Illinois/Skokie, Wilmette, Illinois/Wilmette, and Winnetka, Illinois/Winnetka. It also includes a large portion of Chicago's North Side bordering Lake Michigan.

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I'm concerned about e-mails being blocked from advocacy groups, of all sides. I'm concerned about start-ups that may be shut down.

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Why do we have to hire private contractors to do our work in Andean countries?

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Well we want to know what the speculation is that is contributing to this, if there's price gouging going on, ... We want to know from state and federal agencies what kind of help is available, if there are tax credits that people should be applying for right now and most of all we want to get to the bottom of why we are seeing these exorbitant rises in natural gas prices.

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All of our soldiers still don't have up-armored Humvees.

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The United States itself is becoming isolated ... I think we need to be helping to strengthen the United Nations.

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Microbicides could well be the first HIV prevention method that allows women to fight HIV-infection on their own. Even a partially effective microbicide could stop the infections of 2.5 million women over three years. This bi-partisan bill may be able to save a generation of women by developing this promising new preventive option.

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This mistake is just indicative of the incredible confusion surrounding this program.

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From what I do know, outsourcing in the Andean region is a way to avoid congressional oversight and public scrutiny. The use of private military contractors risks drawing the U.S. into regional conflicts and civil war. It's clear to me this practice must stop.

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