Skip to main content

Press Releases

February 3, 2014

CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY KICKS OFF FIRST ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL STUDENT APP CHALLENGE

January 27, 2014
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) and U.S.
January 22, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Who:
Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Senator Dick Durbin
Senator Mark Kirk
What:
Will hold a news conference to announce their joint legislation to establish a national park in Chicago's historic Pullman neighborhood.
December 18, 2013

On December 28th almost 82,000 people in Illinois are set to lose their unemployment insurance coverage because House Republicans blocked an effort to extend the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program into 2014.

December 3, 2013

Congresswoman Kelly Votes to Uphold Ban on Undetectable Firearms

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) voted today to uphold a federal ban on firearms that are undetectable by metal detectors to help protect the public from the threat of guns being smuggled into secure facilities.

October 29, 2013

[Chicago, IL]- Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that she supports the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s action to issue notices of air pollution violations against a South Side company for stockpiling mountains of petroleum coke, or “pet coke,” in Chicago’s 10th Ward.

October 18, 2013

U.S. Rep. Kelly Applauds MPO Members for Supporting Illiana Expressway

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly applauded members of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for today’s affirmative vote in support of the Illiana Expressway, a 47-mile expressway connecting I-55 in Illinois to I-65 in Indiana.

October 17, 2013

Rep. Kelly, Colleagues Support Illiana Expressway

In a joint letter, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-2), Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) and Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) today urged the members of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to include the Illiana Expressway in the GO TO 2040 plan.

October 4, 2013

SOUTH HOLLAND- More than 1,500 people so far have attended the first annual Second Congressional District Job Fair hosted by Congresswoman Robin Kelly at South Suburban College in South Holland.

October 1, 2013
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement today in response to the shutdown of the federal government:
“Today, due to the irresponsible tactics of House Republicans, the federal government has shut down for the first time in 17 years. Let’s be clear: This shutdown is not about the Affordable Care Act.