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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. 

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statements after multiple priorities of the Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) passed the House of Representatives as part of H.R. 2471, the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations package.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Black Maternal Health Caucus applauded the commitments made by public and private sector leaders to help improve maternal and infant health outcomes in the United States. Earlier this month, as part of the first-ever Maternal Health Day of Action, Vice President Kamala Harris issued a nationwide Call to Action to mobilize action from stakeholders across the country.