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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemned House Republicans’ $880 billion budget cut to Medicaid alongside U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), healthcare providers and community members at Roseland Community Hospital (RCH).
Cuts to Medicaid would force RCH to consider layoffs, service line cuts and even closure. Many of the hospital’s patients also rely on Medicaid, similar to over 300,000 people in Illinois’ Second District.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Republican funding bill:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) led a letter with 67 of their colleagues to President Donald Trump demanding that he reopen the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention (WHOGVP). President Trump abruptly closed the Office less than 24 hours into his second term.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) spoke out today in defense of community violence intervention (CVI) programs, which are proven practices to reduce gun violence and build safer communities. She was joined by: Reps. Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Steven Horsford (NV-04); Gregory Jackson, former Executive Director of White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and national CVI advocate; and Dr. Chico Tillmon, Executive Director of the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy (CVILA) with the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after the U.S. House passed its partisan funding bill.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Mike Simpson (ID-02) introduced the bipartisan Action for Dental Health Act for reauthorization today. The legislation was originally approved by the Four Corners – the Democratic and Republican leaders in each chamber – in last year’s December spending bill.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after President Donald Trump delivered his address to a joint session of Congress:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) will be joined by Dr. Lisa Green, the CEO and a provider at Family Christian Health Center (FCHC), as her guest to President Donald Trump’s first joint Congressional address of his second term.
As a doctor at a federally-funded health center and an advocate for Black maternal health, Dr. Green understands the importance of affordable public healthcare.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s disastrous meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) spoke out against the chaos of the second Trump administration alongside community leaders, healthcare professionals and educators yesterday at a press conference.