119th Congress
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, is committed to protecting Medicaid. Today, Republicans on the committee will try to pass $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”
“Let’s be clear about what today’s markup is and isn’t about. This isn’t about reducing ‘fraud, waste, and abuse.’ This is about ripping healthcare away from working families, children, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans and pregnant women.
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement after a gunman killed two children and injured 14 children and three adults at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly’s (IL-02) impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has now reached 100 cosponsors in just seven days.
WASHINGTON – The Energy and Commerce Committee passed U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly’s (IL-02) bill addressing safety concerns with electric vehicle doors. The Securing Accessible Functional Emergency (SAFE) Exit Act will establish the first federal standard for electric vehicle doors. In several cases, passengers and drivers have been trapped inside electric cars after a crash or power loss. At least 15 people have died in a Tesla due to its doors not opening after crashing.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), co-chair of the bipartisan Maternal Care Caucus and Chair of the CBC Health Braintrust, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration will update labels to discourage pregnant women from using acetaminophen, falsely linking the over-the-counter painkiller with autism.