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WASHINGTON D.C. – In a hearing on May 2nd, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) highlighted the ongoing maternal health crisis and the critical need to address the severe shortage of minority health care professionals. The hearing brought to light the alarming statistics surrounding maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States, and Senators emphasized their bipartisan commitment to comprehensively addressing the maternal health crisis.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, the Senate companion to Representative Lauren Underwood’s (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick’s (R-PA) House bill, which would ensure continued funding for research on the maternal care and mortality crisis happening in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) Co-Chairs Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement after President Biden signed critical maternal health priorities into law as part of the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Over $100 million for BMHC priorities and key Momnibus funding has been included in this law.
WASHINGTON – Thursday, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL) appeared before the House Veterans Affairs Committee during a legislative hearing on her bipartisan legislation, the Maternal Health for Veterans Act. This marked the first congressional hearing on Momnibus legislation this year.
WASHINGTON – This Thursday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee will conduct a committee hearing to consider the Maternal Health for Veterans Act, the first Congressional hearing to consider legislation from the Momnibus Act in 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), Representative Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) urged the Biden-Harris Administration to include policy priorities of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and fully fund the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act in the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams (NC-12) called on Congress to immediately pass the Momnibus Act at the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2023 Stakeholder Summit, held at the U.S. Capitol on August 1. The event highlighted progress in improving maternal health outcomes, spotlighted opportunities to advance the Momnibus and key maternal health legislative priorities, and helped build partnerships and strategies to end the maternal health crisis in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2023 Stakeholder Summit will be held at the U.S. Capitol on August 1, 2023. The event, hosted in collaboration with Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), will highlight progress in improving maternal health outcomes, spotlight opportunities to advance the Momnibus Act and key maternal health legislative priorities, and help build partnerships and strategies to end the maternal health crisis in the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, in honor of Mother’s Day, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Alma Adams (NC-12), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Momnibus Act, historic legislation to save moms’ lives and address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States.
WASHINGTON – 72% of Americans rank passing Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s (IL-14) Black Maternal Health “Momnibus” Act as their number one priority for the end-of-year package. 85% of Democrats, 63% of Independents, and 59% of Republicans support its immediate passage, according to a new poll from Navigator Research.