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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.3 million grant to Calumet City, Illinois, to make road and water infrastructure improvements needed to support development at the city’s Riverside Drive Industrial Park.
Chicago, IL – Chief James Black and Captain Jeff Dill joined Congresswoman Robin Kelly yesterday to mark Suicide Prevention Month and call for greater access to federal first responder resiliency and wellness resources.
Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Helping MOMS Act, legislation aimed at reducing and ending America’s growing maternal mortality crisis.
Washington, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how critical our first responders are to our communities. In this time of crisis, we rely on them more than ever.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s legislation, as part of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act (H.R. 4447), to reauthorize a grant program supporting local governments as they improve building energy efficiency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the US SAFE WEB Extension Act (H.R. 4779), legislation introduced by Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), passed the Senate by a voice vote and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Solid Start Reporting Act (H.R. 7747) as part of the Veterans COMPACT Act (H.R. 8247). The bipartisan Solid Start Reporting Act was introduced in July by Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL).
Matteson, IL - Congresswoman Robin Kelly invites 2nd Congressional District high school students to participate in the 2020 Congressional App Challenge (CAC).
The United States is the global leader in artificial intelligence. We have an innovative private sector, world class universities and remain the top destination for international AI talent. However, American leadership is no longer guaranteed.
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In an interview that ranged from policy solutions to personal experience, Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd) spoke about her support for congressional Democrats’ new police reform bill, and said she is open to supplementing emergency services with social service responders.
Chicago’s predominately Black wards now have the second highest U.S. response rate among the city’s 50 wards, according to the latest ward reports on the city’s website.
While Congress is under mounting pressure to extend telehealth coverage past the coronavirus pandemic, some lawmakers want to make sure the evidence is there to support those moves.
Black and Latino communities throughout the U.S. have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, and health experts say the federal government needs to have a plan to distribute vaccines in these communities.
4 Southland elected officials commit to fight police violence and racism — as only black mothers can
Four elected representatives of the South Suburbs came together on Friday to pledge their commitment to addressing police violence and the institutional racism it springs from.
The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. But after the danger from the coronavirus has passed, some fear that the agency will reinstate those regulations, making telehealth less accessible for those who need it.
As the coronavirus spread across the country, federal and state governments relaxed restrictions during the public health emergency on the use of telehealth, providing additional means for patients to receive health care without risking their safety.
The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. But after the danger from the coronavirus has passed, some fear that the agency will reinstate those regulations, making telehealth less accessible for those who need it.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly recently announced that federal grants totaling more than $11.3 million have been awarded to five community health centers on Chicago’s South Side and in the South Suburbs.
Across the country, the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately hit communities of color, specifically affecting black, Native, and Latino Americans at higher rates than whites.
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