Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) introduced the bipartisan Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2023 to expand Medicare coverage for medical nutrition plans and addressing health disparities. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Susan Collins (ME) introduced a companion bill in the Senate.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) celebrated the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin displaying the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ designation icon on CMS’s Care Compareonline tool.
U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Carole Johnson this weekend for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ M.O.M.S (Maternal Outcomes Matter Showers) Tour, highlighting their work on this important issue and the need to do more to address our country’s ongoing maternal mortality crisis.
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.