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September 15, 2025

CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) met with Chicago-area doctors and a registered nurse who have returned from Gaza and listened to the horror they witnessed and treated.

Issues:Health Care
September 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) joined U.S. Reps. Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) and Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and over 65 of her colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the use of racial profiling in immigration enforcement.

Issues:Immigration
September 5, 2025

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) joined Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), and the rest of the Democratic Health subcommittee members to call on GOP Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to immediately convene hearings following the firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Susan Monarez and the departure of several other senior CDC officials. 

Issues:Health Care
September 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) signed the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote on the House floor on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, sponsored by Reps. Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Thomas Massie (KY-04). The discharge petition needs the support of 218 U.S. Representatives.

September 2, 2025
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement condemning President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. During a briefing in the Oval Office today, President Trump said the National Guard is going to Chicago, but did not specify a timeline.
“President Trump is wasting over $1 million every day for the National Guard to pick up trash on the National Mall in DC. Now, he plans to further misuse taxpayer dollars to send the National Guard to Chicago.
Issues:Gun Violence
August 27, 2025

CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement after a gunman killed two children and injured 14 children and three adults at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis:

August 22, 2025

CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (Il-02) released the following statement after President Donald Trump claimed Black women want him to send the National Guard to Chicago:

July 31, 2025
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement thanking U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (IL-07) on his years of public service:
“Congressman Danny Davis has been a champion for his constituents and the people of Illinois for nearly 30 years. He’s advanced civil rights for all, passed legislation to improve healthcare for Black men and boys, and advocated for criminal justice reform. We are a better country due to his public service, and I know we will continue to benefit from his lasting legislation.
July 30, 2025
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) stood alongside fellow Members of Congress from Illinois, Citizen Action/Illinois and healthcare advocates to oppose Republican cuts to Medicaid. Today marks 60 years since Medicaid has been established, a bleak birthday after President Trump gutted the popular healthcare program by $1 trillion.
“Today, we should be celebrating 60 years of Medicaid, but instead, we’re trying to save it from President Trump and his Congressional Republicans,” said Rep.
Issues:Health Care
July 30, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) led a letter with 30 other Members of Congress to U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.