Mike Quigley

Mike Quigley still makes time to play hockey on weekends, and his Chicago household includes his wife, Barb, and two dogs, Maisie and Finneas.¹ He grew up in Carol Stream and worked his way through Roosevelt University, the University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago.¹ He earned a master's in public policy at Chicago and a law degree at Loyola.²

Before Washington, Quigley spent 1998 to 2009 on the Cook County Board, where government transparency became a focus of his work.¹ His earlier career included almost 20 years as a practicing lawyer.² He also taught political science at Roosevelt and Loyola.² He won his House seat in 2009 and represents Illinois' 5th District, pairing his congressional duties with teaching intelligence and national security at the University of Chicago.¹

In Congress, he serves on the Appropriations and Intelligence committees, with spending assignments covering transportation, housing, national security and the legislative branch.³ He founded the Congressional Transparency Caucus and cochairs groups concerned with Ukraine, animal protection and hockey.³ He introduced the House counterpart of a budget transparency law enacted in September 2021 that requires federal agencies to publish budget justifications online.⁴.⁵

Quigley helped lead ACT for ALS legislation, signed by President Biden in December 2021.¹ The law supports research and expanded access to investigational ALS drugs for people otherwise ineligible for clinical trials.⁶ He supports abortion rights, LGBTQ equality and tighter gun laws.¹