WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee, on Wednesday introduced the Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults (SILO) Act (https://www.murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/silo_act_bill_text.pdf), legislation to combat loneliness in our senior and disabled populations by providing $62.5 million in annual grant funding to support community-based organizations dedicated to fostering social connection in these at-risk groups.
"Loneliness can be a silent killer for the elderly and people with disabilities and we nee...