WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced the PrEP Access and Coverage Act to expand access to and insurance coverage of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), the proven HIV prevention drug. The bill would create a grant program to fund uninsured patients’ access to this ...
Washington, DC (July 15, 2019) – Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman is excited to announce that her office will be participating in the Congressional App Challenge, an app competition for students in middle and high schools across the country. Students who reside or attend school within New Jersey’s 12th district are ...
Washington, D.C. (July 11, 2019) – Today, Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced a bill to ensure insurance companies use only driving records in determining car insurance rates and eligibility. The Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act, or PAID Act, would end the use of i...
Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2019) — Today, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced a resolution calling for more research by the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities into racial disparities in diagnosing and treating mental health amo...
Today, Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Co-Chairs Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Robin Kelly (D-IL) addressed the alarming case of Marshae Jones, a young African American woman in Alabama being charged with manslaughter for miscarrying her child after being shot in the stomach. “Th...
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2019) — Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the House passed the Senate’s $4.6 billion funding package to aid the humanitarian crisis at the southern border but failed to include protections for the treatment and standards of care for migrant asylum s...
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) secured support for low-income and first-generation college students in the Fiscal Year 2020 House Agriculture and Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bills. Provisions championed by Watson Coleman and included in the Agriculture Appropriations bill report...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, June 7, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)’s new Task Force on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health will convene for a second time in Washington, DC to hear from award winning actress and mental health advocate Taraji P. Henson. Henson founded The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in 201...
Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2019) — Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) secured support for the Gateway project in the fiscal year 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill released by the House Appropriations Committee today. Among the included provisions a...
Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2019) — Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressmen Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) announced the inclusion of $10 million for the Delaware River Basin in fiscal year 2020 appropriations. The funds will support t...
