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March 17, 2023

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL), founder of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, re-introduced two bills aimed at lifting the veil from government business and restoring the full trust and faith of the American people in the office of the presidency.


April 28, 2022

This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL), founder of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, re-introduced the Promoting Accountability and Security in Transition (PAST) Act after reports emerged that White House logs from January 6th, 2021 provided to the House of Representatives included a 7-hour gap in phone calls made by former President Donald Trump. The PAST Act would clarify and enhance existing law with regards to the preservation of presidential transition and presidential records.


April 7, 2022

Congressmen Mike Quigley (D-IL), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mondaire Jones (D-NY) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Twenty-First Century Courts Act, a robust legislative plan to promote accountability and increase transparency in the federal courts. This legislation aims to restore Americans' trust in their justice system by directly addressing the public's concerns about judicial conduct—including by requiring the Supreme Court to issue a code of conduct for its justices.


September 24, 2021

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) legislation the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The bipartisan bill, co-lead by Representative James Comer (KY-01), Ranking Member of the House Committee, and Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) passed in August with overwhelming support.


August 24, 2021

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) legislation the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act is headed to President Joe Biden's desk for signature after passing both the House and Senate on Monday. The bipartisan bill, introduced on the first day of the 117th Congress by Quigley, co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, and Representative James Comer (KY-01), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, will increase access to the federal government's expenditures.


July 26, 2021

Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, and James Comer (KY-01), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, praised the unanimous House passage of their bipartisan, bicameral Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA), which will create a single website where Congress and the public can easily search, sort, and download all agency reports to Congress.


May 11, 2021

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced the Access to White House Visitor Logs Act, to require every administration to publicly release visitor logs from the White House or any location where presidents regularly conduct official business.


January 5, 2021

Today, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and James Comer (R-KY), the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act, to increase access to transparency regarding the federal government's expenditure of taxpayer dollars, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 412-2.


September 14, 2020

Today, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) to increase transparency regarding the federal government's expenditure of taxpayer dollars, passed the U.S. House of Representatives.