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Reps. Lee, Davis, and Burgess Introduce Legislation Calling for Sickle Cell Trait Research
CHICAGO—The Chicago Department of Public Health announced today that its in-home vaccination program, Protect Chicago At Home, is now open to all Chicago residents age 12 and up. To encourage Chicago residents to take advantage of the program, Chicago-based Grubhub will donate gift cards valued at $50 to every household that chooses in-home vaccination.
The Child Tax Credit, part of the American Rescue Plan, is here to help families raising children make ends meet. Experts estimate the new Child Tax Credit has the potential to cut child poverty in half.
Neal, Davis Statement on GAO Report on Racial Disparities in Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits
I want to thank the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, the Children's Advocacy Institute, and the Older Youth Working Group for hosting this briefing and focusing attention on the need to ensure that older foster youth receive and benefit from all the Social Security and Veterans benefits for which they qualify.
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Ira Cohen (Davis) 773-533-7520
Ella Fertitta (Walorski) 202-641-8638
Mary Yatrousis (Larson) 860-539-4924
Katrina Fuller (Reed) 202-225-3161
By Reps. Danny K. Davis, Jenniffer González-Colón, Angie Craig
"In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring."
— John Lewis, July 2020
On Friday, May 7, 2021, Congressmen Danny K. Davis (D-IL) joined with Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA), and Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) to introduce the bipartisan Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021. The legislation would make the current Adoption Tax Credit fully refundable, helping low-income families adopt children.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) wrote to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul urging him to revoke the SSA Final Rule, "Hearings Held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council" (85 Fed. Reg.