WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined a bicameral group of colleagues in reintroducing the landmark Momnibus Act, a comprehensive legislative package designed to end the nation's maternal health crisis and directly confront the devastating disparities that continue to claim the lives of Black mothers at alarming rates. Senator Gillibrand leads the Moms Matter Act included in the package, which would increase investments in maternal mental health programs and expand this vital workforce to better support moms and pregnant women.
"It is shameful that women in the United States are more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than in any of ...