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April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.CToday, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), reintroduced two bills to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for underserved youth.

April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C  Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) and Congressman Bob Latta’s (R-OH5) bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1339, the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act. The bill now awaits Senate approval. 

Issues:Agriculture
April 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.CToday Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), introduced the bipartisan Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma (PROTECT) 911 Act to address important health and wellness issues for our nation's 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers.

Issues:Healthcare
April 19, 2023

 

Congresswoman Robin Kelly submitted the following community projects for funding in the FY2024 Appropriations bill. 

 

Congresswoman Robin Kelly has submitted the following requests to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the FY2024 Appropriations bill, Financial Disclosures and Federal Nexus Statements are linked in the titles: 

 

April 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement to mark the beginning of Black Maternal Health Week: 

April 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Rep. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), introduced the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act.

Issues:Healthcare
March 16, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the National Center for Health Statistics released a report showing that 1,205 people died of maternal causes in the U.S. in 2021, a 40% increase from the previous year and a nearly 60% increase since 2019. In response to this report Rep.

March 9, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Robin Kelly celebrated the inclusion of the long-awaited CTA Red Line extension in President Biden’s budget proposal. This $350 million investment in the south side of Chicago will bring much-needed transportation access and economic opportunities to many historically under-resourced communities.