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June 20, 2025

BLUE ISLAND, ILL. – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) gathered elected officials, healthcare leaders and those who would be directly affected by Medicaid cuts at Cook County Health Blue Island Health Center.

March 7, 2017

Matteson, IL - Congresswoman Robin Kelly, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus's Health Braintrust, released this statement concerning Congressional Republicans' bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act:

"After seven years of claiming to have a credible alternative, House Republicans unveiled a bill that isn't worth the paper it's printed on. This bill will kill thousands of Americans and strip the everyday security of healthcare from millions of American families.

Why are my colleagues so determined to make America sick again?

Issues:Health Care
December 23, 2022

Today, Representative Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) voted in favor of critical health care provisions and funded important community projects in the Second Congressional District as part of the fiscal year 2023 appropriations government funding package.

June 4, 2025
WASHINGTON – The White House released its recissions package, requesting Congress to cancel $9.4 billion already appropriated by Congress. The package advances President Donald Trump’s agenda to codify DOGE’s spending cuts, slash foreign aid, cut funding from major public broadcasting entities and rolls back a Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement condemning the recissions package:
“President Trump’s recissions package is needlessly cruel and evil.
March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – This Friday, March 4th, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, will attend the National Minority Quality Forum’s Health Equity and Accountability Act Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rep. Kelly is attending the summit to share info about the bill and hear feedback from stakeholders.

Issues:Health Care
January 10, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken of his success in lowering U.S. cancer rates. However, this is challenged by U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly, who states the success is due to actions put in place by President Obama.

Issues:Health Care
September 17, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) opposes the House Republicans’ partisan funding bill.

Issues:Health Care
April 17, 2025
MATTESON, ILL. – During a week of action against the Trump administration's harmful agenda, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) toured the SouthCom Combined Dispatch Center to discuss its employees’ mental health.
“The dispatchers and operators at the SouthCom Dispatch Center save lives every single day, and I was proud to see their work firsthand,” said Rep. Kelly. “My stepdaughter, who was a 911 operator, told me about how the calls expose them to traumatic situations and can really impact their mental health.
Issues:Health Care
April 14, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, released the following statement underscoring the importance of Black Maternal Health Week.