Washington, Feb. 23 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:
Recently, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) co-led 77 of her colleagues, including every Democratic Representative of the California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota delegations in demanding the Trump Administration to immediately restore public health grant funding to those states. This comes after the Administration terminated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants that support core public health infrastructure and disease prevention.
Congresswoman Simon co-led the effort to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-07), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Kelly Morrison...