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Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Energy and Commerce approved bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing and ending America's growing maternal mortality crisis.
The Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (MOMS) Act of 2019 was introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and co-led by Representatives Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
Washington D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the Gunfire Detection and Location Technology Act.
The legislation would direct the U.S. Attorney General to provide grants to states and localities for gunfire detection and location technology. Specifically, it would authorize $40 million in grants to be distributed in equal parts over the coming four fiscal years.
House lawmakers are pushing a bill that would make it easier for states to provide Medicaid coverage to new mothers for a longer period of time, in the hopes it will curb the rate of women dying from complications after giving birth.
Democrats and Republicans often don't agree on who should be covered by Medicaid, which provides health care for low-income individuals. But the number of women experiencing pregnancy-related health problems—killing 700 women per year—has brought lawmakers to the table to look for ways to improve access to and quality of postpartum care.
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) introduced a House Resolution Commending Alice Allison Dunnigan for her barrier-breaking career in journalism. H.Res. 690 was introduced by the Congresswomen on Tuesday.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representative Health Subcommittee marked up and advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing and ending America's growing maternal mortality crisis.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal agents trace nearly half a million guns used in crimes each year, often turning up a dangerous link that's putting guns in the hands of criminals. Now, the I-Team is investigating a loophole linking recent high profile shootings: Criminals getting around gun safety laws by exploiting legal sales.
In last month's battlefield in Culiacan, Mexico connected to the arrest of El Chapo's son, the combatants were armed with heavy weaponry of an ongoing cartel arms race. The I-Team has uncovered that that arms race now stretches to Illinois.
In 2016, there were nearly 800 homicides in Chicago – a 20-year high. That number dropped to 561 by the end of 2018.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd District), who co-chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, has introduced a number of bills addressing gun violence.
With people filling a room at Olympia Fields Village Hall for a ceremony naming that suburb's post office in honor of her late father, Gabrielle Martin said her dad would have been surprised at "all the fuss."
A member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who flew dozens of missions in World War II and was downed by enemy fire, Robert Martin might have simply shrugged his shoulders and said "I was just trying to do my job the best I could do," Gabrielle, one of his three daughters, said.
Matteson, IL — Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) hosted a ceremony today renaming the Olympia Fields Post Office in honor of Congressional Gold Medal winner and Tuskegee Airman Captain Robert L. Martin, a former resident of Olympia Fields, Illinois.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly today announced that Kankakee County was awarded a $244,382 federal grant to fund violence prevention programs at Kankakee School District 111 and other county schools. The grant includes mental health crisis intervention and suicide prevention strategies.