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March 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) will be joined by Dr. Lisa Green, the CEO and a provider at Family Christian Health Center (FCHC), as her guest to President Donald Trump’s first joint Congressional address of his second term.

As a doctor at a federally-funded health center and an advocate for Black maternal health, Dr. Green understands the importance of affordable public healthcare.

February 28, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s disastrous meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky:

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Rep. Kelly speaks at a press conference, condemning Trump's budget cuts, frozen federal funds, firings of federal workers.
February 21, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) spoke out against the chaos of the second Trump administration alongside community leaders, healthcare professionals and educators yesterday at a press conference. 

February 21, 2025

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced the Gun Trafficker Detection Act to help end the flow of illegal guns into Illinois by requiring gun owners to report if their gun is lost or stolen within 24 hours. 

Issues:Gun Violence
February 21, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Mike Thompson (CA-04), alongside 34 other legislators, have denounced Meta’s failure to adequately regulate advertisements for gun silencers on its platform. In a letter to company CEO Mark Zuckerberg, they expressed concern over misleading ads disguising gun silencers as car parts, which have been seen by tens of thousands of viewers. This is especially alarming given that silencer use has increased dramatically since 2017.

February 11, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced the Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, a bipartisan bill with Reps.
February 10, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent preterm births with U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01), Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Jen Kiggans (VA-02).
February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) led 109 of their colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging him to restore essential HIV and AIDS services and expressing deep concern about the impact of the foreign aid funding pause on global health programs, particularly the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

January 30, 2025
WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after President Donald Trump baselessly blamed DEI efforts for the plane crash in D.C:
 
"President Trump twisted a terrible tragedy — while families are mourning their loved ones — to insert his own political agenda and sow division. This is not leadership. We need to investigate how this plane crash happened to give a sense of closure to grieving families and prevent future crashes.
January 29, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, Members of the Illinois Democratic congressional delegation, Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Sean Casten (IL-06), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Bill Foster (IL-11), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia C.