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Watson Coleman Statement on Proposed Cuts to Medicaid

Posted in Press Releases on January 30, 2020 Tags: Health, National Security/Armed Services/Veterans, Senior Citizens

Washington, DC (January 30, 2020) — Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) issued the following statement following an announcement of cuts to Medicaid by President Donald Trump: “Today’s announcement from the Trump Administration that they would take healthcare from families who can’t make ends meet is another example of h...

Congresswoman Watson Coleman Releases CBC Youth Suicide Taskforce Report

Posted in Press Releases on December 17, 2019 Tags: Health, LGBT Equality

Washington, DC (December 17, 2019) — Following months of listening events and meetings in Washington, DC and across multiple Congressional districts, The Congressional Black Caucus’s Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health today released a report, “Ring the Alarm: the Crisis of Black Youth Suicide ...

Rep. Watson Coleman Votes to Pass the Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Posted in Press Releases on December 12, 2019 Tags: Health, Senior Citizens

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman voted to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. This legislation is a first step to strengthen the health and financial security of America’s seniors and families by finally stopping Americans from having to pay more for their medicines than wh...

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Resolution Recognizing September as "National Suicide Prevention Month"

Posted in Press Releases on September 24, 2019 Tags: Health, LGBT Equality

Washington, D.C. (September 24, 2019) – Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September as National Suicide Prevention Month. Since 2008, suicide has been a leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 34, second only to accidents. According to the Center...

Watson Coleman Leads Introduction of Resolution Recognizing Contributions of REACH Program

Posted in Press Releases on September 20, 2019 Tags: Health

Washington, D.C. (September 20, 2019) — Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) joined with Tri-Caucus Chairs Karen Bass (D-Ca), Joaquin Castro (D-Tx) and Judy Chu (D-Ca), along with Reps. Tom Cole (R-Ok), Barbara Lee (D-Ca), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Ca) and Robin Kelly (D-IL) to introduce H.Res. 570, a resolution com...

Rep. Watson Coleman Helps Secure $925K Grant from Department of Housing and Urban Development for Lead Removal

Posted in Press Releases on August 23, 2019 Tags: Health

Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2019) — Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, announced that the City of Trenton had received critical Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants to identify and reduce l...

Caucus on Black Women and Girls Cochairs Express Outrage at Criminalization of Miscarriage in Charges for Alabama Woman

Posted in Press Releases on June 28, 2019 Tags: Health, Justice and Civil Rights

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...

Watson Coleman Fights for First Generation College and Low-Income College Students in House Appropriations Legislation

Posted in Press Releases on June 4, 2019 Tags: Health

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...

Actress Taraji P. Henson to Testify at Second CBC Youth Suicide Taskforce Forum on June 7

Posted in Press Releases on May 23, 2019 Tags: Health

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...

Rep. Watson Coleman, Sens. Brown, Smith Introduce Bill to Ensure Pregnant Mothers Can Access Affordable Health Care During and After Pregnancy

Posted in Press Releases on May 15, 2019 Tags: Health, Women

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of Mother’s Day, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tina Smith (D-MN) today to re-introduced legislation to expand healthcare options for expectant mothers. Watson Coleman, Brown, and Smith’s bill, the Healthy Maternal and Obstetric Me...

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