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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.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) testified before the European Parliament Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age.

In her message to the joint hearing on the external policy dimension of AI, Congresswoman Kelly stressed the importance of Transatlantic cooperation and aligning US-EU regulations around Artificial Intelligence.

Congresswoman Kelly's opening remarks are below:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kelly and Bob Latta (R-Ohio) reintroduced the bipartisan Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act, aimed at reducing maternal deaths in the United States.

The Act would help improve health outcomes for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid by establishing best practices for maternal care providers, and increasing information and resources to better monitor and treat at-risk pregnancies.

Next week, Congresswomen Robin Kelly will announce the release of the first-ever report on Black Women and Girls in America, in conjunction with her co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Congresswoman Kelly released the following statement on environmental racism in the city's South East Side:

I commend the US EPA for recently launching an investigation into possible environmental racism in the city's South East Side. The area has served as the region's dumping grounds and housed heavily polluting industries for generations. In recent years, residents have fought lead, manganese and petcoke contamination.