Rep. Kelly Attacks Trump Administration Agenda in Week of Action
April 15, 2025
Rep. Kelly to hear constituents’ concerns about public education, Social Security, healthcare at townhalls, roundtables
MATTESON, ILL. – This week, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) will host a series of events attacking President Donald Trump’s agenda and hearing directly from constituents.
“I refuse to stand by silently as President Trump wrecks our democracy and attacks the American people. He’s going after senior citizens’ Social Security paychecks, families’ healthcare, children’s education, federal workers’ jobs and hiking up the cost of living,” said Rep. Kelly. “I’m working to ensure my constituents’ concerns are heard and that their voices are represented in Washington. House Republicans are complicit in aiding Trump’s harmful agenda, and they need to know that the American people do not back them.”
Rep. Kelly kickstarted the week yesterday with a roundtable discussion on protecting public education against President Trump’s plan to eliminate Title 1 grants. Title 1 grants provide the Second District with $412 million — the most out of all the Congressional Districts in Illinois. Rep. Kelly heard from superintendents and public educators who are alarmed about the elimination of these grants, which would effectively fire 6,243 teachers in the Second District, explode class sizes, close schools and hurt students in low-income communities.
Rep. Kelly will host a telephone town hall Tuesday evening to hear concerns about President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks against Social Security, which affects 151,140 recipients in the Second District. Over 11,000 constituents called into her last telephone town hall in February.
On Wednesday evening, Rep. Kelly will host an in-person town hall in Pontiac, Illinois.
On Thursday, Rep. Kelly will defend healthcare in the midst of program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services and House Republicans’ plans to cut Medicaid. She will go live on Instagram to discuss Black maternal health with U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman (NJ-12) and reproductive justice organization In Our Own Voice. The discussion marks the end of Black Maternal Health Week and their continued leadership to save Black mothers from pregnancy-related deaths. Rep. Kelly will also tour the SouthCom Dispatch Center in recognition of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Her bill, Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma (PROTECT) 911 Act, will also be introduced on the same day.