Kankakee Times

U.S. Representative Robin Kelly has recently used her social media platform to address several policy issues, including energy costs, healthcare access, and environmental protection. The statements were made over a two-day period in late July 2025.

On July 27, 2025, Kelly criticized Republican policies on energy prices, stating: "President Trump and @HouseGop raised the average family’s energy bills by $400 with the Big, Ugly Law. Once again, Republicans prove they’re not helping the working families but lining the pockets of the wealthy few."

Later that day, she commented on healthcare coverage for women: "Annual health screenings, birth control & comprehensive care decisions shouldn’t be limited by cost or insurance. Medicaid makes this essential healthcare available to 24 million women nationwide. We need to expand coverage, not dismantle it."

On July 28, 2025, Kelly addressed environmental concerns and future generations: "The future belongs to our children and grandchildren. President Trump is trying to take that future away, but I'm committed to ensuring the next generation inherits a world with clean air and water."

Robin Kelly has represented her district through multiple election cycles since 2014. In recent elections she secured significant victories against various opponents—defeating Thomas Lynch in 2022 with over two-thirds of the vote; Theresa Raborn in 2020 with nearly four-fifths of votes cast; David Merkle in 2018 with more than eighty percent; John Morrow in 2016; and Eric Wallace in 2014—all by substantial margins.