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Olympia Fields, IL – Yesterday, Congresswoman Robin Kelly filed legislation to rename the Olympia Fields post office for Captain (USA, ret.) Robert L. Martin.

Captain Martin was a member of the famous World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He served as a combat pilot in the 100^th Fighter Squadron of the 332^nd Fighter Group. On his 64^th mission, he was shot down over German-occupied territory and evaded capture for five weeks as he made his way safely across Allied lines. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1945.

Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly voted in favor of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8). This bipartisan legislation would ensure that a background check is conducted on every gun sale, thus closing loopholes that allow a significant number of guns to be sold without a background check, especially via the Internet and at gun shows.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) are requesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take immediate action to stop a company on the Southeast Side of Chicago from releasing unsafe levels of a known neurotoxin into the air in violation of the Clean Air Act.

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Robin Kelly released this statement on President Trump's plan to issue an unconstitutional "Emergency Declaration:"

"The experts are clear, there is NO crisis at the Southern Border. The only emergencies are the manufactured crises of President Donald Trump. He shut down the government for weeks; he made 800,000 federal workers and their families go without paychecks; and he has repeatedly used border rhetoric to demonize people of color.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly, vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released this statement following the passage of Bipartisan Background Check Act(H.R. 8) and H.R. 1112, which would close the Charleston Loophole, by the House Judiciary Committee:

Congresswoman Robin Kelly, vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, introduced three bills to bring commonsense to federal gun policy.

Her first bill, the Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency Act (HR 1114), would require the U.S. Surgeon General to provide an annual report to Congress on the public health impacts and cost of gun violence in America – an epidemic that claims nearly 40,000 American lives each and every year.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly will welcome Second District constituent, Diane Latiker of Roseland, to Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, she will attend the State of the Union as the Congresswoman's guest and on Wednesday, she will testify during the House Judiciary Committee Hearing: "Preventing Gun Violence: A Call to Action."