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Last night, the Center for Disability and Elder Law presented Congresswoman Robin Kelly with its 2018 Impact Award for her advocacy on behalf of the legal rights of low-income seniors and people with disabilities in the Chicagoland region.
Farmers now can join the long list of Americans President Donald Trump and his policies have attacked.
Just more than a year ago, rural voters helped propel candidate Trump to the presidency, but since then, his budgets and policies have failed farmers and rural communities. The Trump administration's new budget proposal mindlessly guts $265 billion from agriculture and other programs that are crucial to the survival of rural communities.
WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, the House overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan Action for Dental Health Act (H.R. 2422), co-authored by Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Chair, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), and Congressman and dentist Mike Simpson (R-ID). It received 387 yes votes.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly will host a Housing Expo on Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. Participants will learn about the Hardest Hit Program, the process of obtaining a loan, and improving your credit. First-time homebuyers will receive guidance and learn more about property taxes and tax cuts associated with homebuying.
Washington, DC – This morning, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, took to the House Floor demanding action to prevent another school shooting like yesterday's at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL.
On the House floor, she said, "on a day when school children should be thinking about baseball tryouts, prom and college selections, again they head to school living the reality that a gun may strike them down at any moment."
To the Editor:
In "Making Background Checks Work" (Op-Ed, Feb. 13), John R. Lott Jr. desperately tries to push one of the gun lobby's favorite narratives: that background checks are bad for public safety.
The main pillar of Mr. Lott's argument is that our underfunded, underresourced and broken background check system prevents "good guys" from getting guns.
An Illinois Democrat says she's found a way to please everyone in her diverse district with legislation that would alleviate Chicago-area "food deserts" by lifting a barrier to fruit and vegetable production in rural areas.
Rep. Robin Kelly's "Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act" would modify a rule that disincentivizes farmers of major commodities, such as corn and wheat, from switching production to fruits and vegetables.
For more than a year, Americans, Congress and the world have discussed Russia's attempts to influence our elections. However, some of their most dangerous and well-documented attacks against state-level voting systems have been a mere footnote.
That needs to change, and change fast. Let's start with the facts and when we learned them.
WASHINGTON — Democratic women in Congress took President Trump to task Saturday for defending those accused of abuse, but not mentioning the victims who have endured violence.
"What about the women? ...Their lives have been scarred forever,'' Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who helps lead an effort to address sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, told USA TODAY. "Or the fact that domestic violence has no place in our society and no place in the White House. That should have been the statement."
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly, a member of Congress' Oversight Committee, released this statement regarding the Inspector General's investigation into the Trump Administration's Department of Labor effort to hide a report showing billions in lost earnings for American servers due to DOL rulemakings:
"Anyone who has ever worked as a waiter or waitress knows it's a difficult job and that tips make or break you.