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John Conyers, Dean of the House, co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus has been called home. He was a champion for civil rights, health care as a human right, reparations, voting rights and labor rights. A tireless fighter against police brutality, and for the protection of the environment. Longest serving African American Member of Congress, called upon to vote on two impeachments. His vision continues to help set the progressive agenda for Congress today.

Today, Worker and Family Support Subcommittee
Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced H.R. 4768, the Home Visiting
to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act, legislation that would
increase funding for home visiting programs that serve pregnant women,
new mothers, and their children with the aim of lowering maternal
mortality and morbidity rates in the United States.

“Maternal mortality devastates families and communities, exacting a
particularly high price from women of color” said Worker and Family

The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries and largest employers in the country. In Chicago alone, healthcare encompasses an estimated 12.2 percent – or $69.7 billion – of the region’s total economic production. But that growth is causing a shortage of qualified healthcare professionals – not just doctors and nurses, but also community health workers, nursing assistants, paramedics, home health aides, and lab technicians, just to name a few.

• Tomorrow morning, October 23, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., Ways & Means will mark up H.R. 3398, the Pathways to Health Careers Act; H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act; H.R. 4650, the Medicare Dental Act; H.R. 4665, the Medicare Vision Act; and H.R. 4618, the Medicare Hearing Act.
• These are all bills which Representative Davis either sponsored or co-sponsored
• Livestream of the hearing is available HERE.

H.R. 3:

My friend and colleague Representative Elijah Cummings was called home today. Elijah Cummings was a man of the people. He was a tireless, effective, dedicated public servant, a man of faith and humanity and dignity, a man who committed his life to the quest for social, economic and environmental justice. I know that, because of his life's work, hundreds other young men and women will rise to follow in his footsteps. America will miss him, this Congress will miss him, the host of those who called him family or friend will miss him and I will miss him.

Washington, DC: On October 16, 2019, Representatives Danny K. Davis, Sean Casten and Abigail Spanberger championed legislation to protect student loan borrowers experiencing financial hardship by stopping an onerous practice known as capitalization after a deferment or forbearance. The End Capitalization for Struggling Borrowers Act is included in the Democratic College Affordability Act to lower the cost of college and reauthorize the Higher Education Act.