WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks issued the following press release:
Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Extending WIC for New Moms Act, a bicameral bill to expand eligibility and support mothers and infants into the postpartum and breastfeeding periods through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs. This legislation extends WIC eligibility in the postpartum period from 6 months to 24 months and in the breastfeeding period from 12 months to 24 months. Congresswoman Lucy McBath (D-Ga.-06) is introducing this legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cosponsors include Senators Booker (D-N.J.), Durbin (D-Ill.), and Duckwo...