Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement regarding today's mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado:
"Today the lives of 10 people were senselessly taken by a coward with a gun. This massacre comes before we have even had the chance to bury the victims of our nation's last mass shooting. The frequency and horror of this gun violence epidemic are uniquely American. We have the power to stop this, and we must take action in Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Robin Kelly (IL-02), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Diana DeGette (CO-01) today led 35 of their House colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, asking the administration to establish a White House Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Wellbeing (OSRHW) under the Domestic Policy Council.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Region Five Office to swiftly examine reported issues raised by residents of the Concordia Place Apartment complex on the south side of Chicago. In a letter to James A. Cunningham, the HUD Deputy Regional Administrator, Durbin, Duckworth, and Kelly highlighted news reports on the unsafe and unsanitary living conditions at the Concordia Place Apartment complex.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) today released the following statement in support of final passage of the American Rescue Plan to bring COVID-19 relief to the American people.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) today released the following statement regarding House passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Co-Chairs Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) held a virtual press conference to release the first-ever report on Black Women and Girls in America.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) today announced Rachel Kingery will serve as Communications Director in her Washington, D.C. office. Kingery most recently served as Digital Director to Congressman Donald McEachin (VA-04) and has served as a Congressional staffer since 2016.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, along with Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) and fellow Illinois Representative Rodney Davis, reintroduced the Expanding SNAP Options Act to keep Americans safe during the pandemic by creating an easily accessible system for online SNAP purchases.
The Expanding SNAP Options Act would provide funding for the creation of a universal online and app-based portal that will make it easy to access nutritious foods from a wider range of SNAP retailers, including small businesses.