Sens. Menendez, Booker Cosponsor Reintroduction of Legislation to Lower Death Rates for Women of Color Following Alarming Study That Found Maternal Mortality Doubled in the U.S.
July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023:
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) cosponsored the reintroduction of the Kira Johnson Act, legislation to provide funding to community-based organizations leading the charge to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black women. The legislation creates a 5-year, $50 million grant program at the Department of Health and Human Services to impro . . .
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) cosponsored the reintroduction of the Kira Johnson Act, legislation to provide funding to community-based organizations leading the charge to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black women. The legislation creates a 5-year, $50 million grant program at the Department of Health and Human Services to impro . . .