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Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly has submitted an amendment to the Republican tax reform bill that would increase taxes on bullets for semi-automatic weapons, in a curveball attempt to re-focus national attention on gun control efforts by using the GOP's own bill against them.
Washington, DC – Congresswomen Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) released a video debunking five common myths about this year's Open Enrollment period.
In the video, they debunk the myths and inform Illinoisans that:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly spoke on the House floor against the proposed GOP tax plan that would raise taxes on working and middle class families.
Under the proposed GOP plan, key deductions and credits that help Illinois families will be reduced or eliminated resulting in a higher tax bill for these families. The GOP plan is also estimated to add $1.5 trillion to the national deficit.
I'd like to applaud the Daily Journal for its recent "Do away with those unwanted drugs" editorial because ending this epidemic is up to each and every one of us.
Far too often, addiction begins with leftover medicine so these "take back'' measures are important to preventing addiction. In 2016, Kankakee County lost 14 people to the opioid epidemic.
If passed, a new bill would allow grain crop farmers to grow fruits and vegetables on more of their farm program base acres. With the goal of attaching the legislation to the next farm bill, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., cosponsored legislation called "Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2017." The proposed law would allow grain farmers to plant an additional 5% of their commodity crop base acres to vegetables if the extra harvest is sold or donated into a food desert with a poverty rate of at least 20%, according to the text of the bill.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly hosted a packed Congressional briefing on maternal health and mortality because American women are more likely to die from childbirth or childbirth complication than women in any other developed nation.
"In 2017, starting or growing your family shouldn't mean putting your life at risk," said Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
The event consisted of comments from families who've lost a loved one following childbirth.
More than 300 job-seekers attended a Hiring Event hosted by Congresswoman Robin Kelly at South Suburban College on Friday.
The 5th annual Hiring Event featured more than 70 companies and agencies with active job openings, including Amazon, Nike, UPS, ComEd,, the U.S. Post Office, Franciscan Health, MiJack and the Cook County Sheriff's Department.
The authors of draft legislation to impose security standards on Internet of Things devices purchased by the federal government are in listening mode for now, a senior Democratic congresswoman said Thursday.
A discussion draft of the House version of the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 is out, Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois told the Dell Technologies Digital Transformation Summit produced by FedScoop.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Kelly, ranking member of the IT oversight subcommittee, released this statement following Twitter's announcement regarding political advertising transparency:
"I'm pleased to see Twitter taking the initiative to bring greater transparency to political advertising on its platform – nearly a year after the 2016 election and just weeks before gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswomen Dina Titus (NV-01) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) took to the House floor to challenge their colleagues to quickly approve life-saving legislation to ban "bump stocks," an after-market modification that turns assault weapons into nearly fully-automatic weapons.