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WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Representatives Robin Kelly, (IL-02), Alma Adams (NC-12), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) pushed to ensure that extended postpartum Medicaid coverage, based on Rep.
MATTESON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) toured two local manufacturing facilities: Plochman, Inc. in Manteno and Morrison Container Handling Solutions in Glenwood. Plochman, Inc., founded in Chicago in 1852 is an American manufacturer of mustard. Morrison Container Handling Solutions was founded in 1971 and manufactures custom container handling systems, timing screws and change parts for the packaging industry.
MATTESON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) announced that five community health centers in the South Suburbs and Chicago’s South Side have been awarded a total of more than $4 million in infrastructure improvement grants from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
MATTESON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) announced that public schools and libraries can apply for additional funding from the American Rescue Plan to increase broadband services now through October 13th. Local schools and libraries can learn more about eligibility and apply HERE.
WASHINGTON, DC– This week, Rep. Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-02), joined by Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-07) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16), introduced the bipartisan Supply CHAIN Act.
MATTESON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) announced the University Park Fire Department has received a $272,933 federal grant to purchase needed equipment.
University Park is the twelfth south suburban fire department to receive a federal grant, bringing the total of funds awarded to south suburban fire departments this year to $2.6 million.
Across the United States, women die of pregnancy-related complications at a higher rate than in any other similarly large, wealthy country in the world. Expanding Medicaid will save the lives of women and babies and save money in our health care system. But the two states that we represent in the U.S. House of Representatives – Illinois and Florida – have taken very different approaches to this national crisis.
MATTESON, IL – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) announced that the Illinois Department of Labor was awarded a $350,000 federal grant to partner with Women Employed to raise awareness about pay equity and pay transparency standards among women workers, particularly low-wage women of color.
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Rep. Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), voted to pass H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This bill will restore critical protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to protect our democracy and ensure the right to vote for all Americans.