Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement on the election of Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives:

“Rep. Mike Johnson wants to criminalize abortion, gut Social Security and Medicare, and was a chief architect of the attempt to subvert our democracy in 2020.

Washington, D.C.- Today, Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Representative Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), and Representative Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) announced the establishment of a new Congressional Caucus focused on educating policymakers and uplifting the needs of Predominantly Black Institutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2023 in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement on the removal of Speaker Kevin McCarthy:

CHICAGO, IL – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement regarding the UAW strike at the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant:

WASHINGTON – President Biden signed into law the bipartisan Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act (H.R. 2544), which was introduced by Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08). This critical legislation will expand the pool of entities who can contract with the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– As maternal mortality and morbidity continues to rise across the United States, disproportionately impacting Black women, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced her CARE For Moms Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

Matteson, IL – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Illinois Second Congressional District grant recipients with awards totaling $370,075.000.