Booker, Menendez Cosponsor Reintroduction of Legislation to Lower Death Rates for Women of Color Following Alarming Study That Found Maternal Mortality Doubled in the U.S.
July 14, 2023
July 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023:
U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both-D-N.J.) cosponsored the reintroduction of the Kira Johnson Act, legislation to provide funding to community-based organizations leading the charge to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black women. The legislation creates a 5-year, $50 million grant program at the Department of Health and Human Services to improve o . . .
U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both-D-N.J.) cosponsored the reintroduction of the Kira Johnson Act, legislation to provide funding to community-based organizations leading the charge to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black women. The legislation creates a 5-year, $50 million grant program at the Department of Health and Human Services to improve o . . .