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118th Congress

July 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

June 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C    Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-2), with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.-44) introduced legislation today that would create a specific dental benefit under Medicare Part B and repeal the statutory exclusion of Medicare coverage of most dental care and dental prostheses.

Issues:Health Care
March 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued a letter to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to call upon the agency to approve Illinois’s application for a Section 115 Demonstration Waiver. The letter was signed by every Democratic member of Illinois’s House delegation.

Issues:Health Care
January 27, 2023

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Kelly announced that she has been named to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 118th Congress. Representative Kelly with serve on the Health Subcommittee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee.

May 31, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued the following statement in response to the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives: 

“Despite an attempt by House Republicans to hold our nation’s economy hostage, I joined my colleagues tonight to avert economic catastrophe and pay our nation’s bills.

March 7, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) voted to advance the first Fiscal Year 2024 government appropriations package and fund nearly $15 million of community projects for IL-02. The legislation is expected to be passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden later this week.

 

May 18, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), along with Representatives Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.-01), today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase the diversity of participants in all National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded trials. The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act builds upon the NIH’s current policies to enhance the inclusion of women, racially and ethnically diverse individuals and people of all ages in all NIH-funded trials.
Issues:Health Care
October 4, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2023 in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.CToday, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), reintroduced two bills to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for underserved youth.

December 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL-01), Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03), Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL-04), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Danny K.