118th Congress
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly presented $540,000 to the Rantoul Youth Center.
Rantoul, Ill. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) presented $540,000 in federal funding to the Rantoul Youth Center. This funding will help the Center make critical upgrades to its kitchen preparation and serving area, relocate the freezers and refrigerators, finish the main dining room, and update the offices and the gym. The Rantoul Youth Center operates a Summer Food Program to provide meals to children during the school break.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Wear Orange Resolution, which supports the designation of June 07, 2024, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and June 2024 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.”
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswomen Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Joyce Beatty (OH-03) led a letter signed by 30 members of Congress encouraging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide additional support for seniors managing hypertension. Rep.
Calumet City, Ill. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) presented Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District with $1,725,000 in federal funding to purchase five new electric school buses. Rep. Kelly toured a model of the bus from Illinois manufacturer Lion Electric, along with Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones, Hoover-Schrum Memorial Superintendent Dr. Dwayne Evans, US EPA Region Chief of Staff Alfred Saucedo, and Lion Electric Director of Government Relations Brian Robb.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) applauded the Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision in US v. Rahimi. This decision will continue to prohibit people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemned the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn the federal ban on bump stocks.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) applauded the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA to protect mifepristone, a drug used in most medication abortions.
Matteson, IL – Today, Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued following notice to constituents affected by this morning’s train derailment in Matteson.