Press Releases
Bush, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Answers from Amazon after Tornado Collapses Warehouse and Kills Six Employees
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) sent a letter to Amazon’s Executive Chairman, Jeff Bezos, and its President and CEO, Andy Jassy, demanding answers about the circumstances that led to the death of six employees, including two constituents from Missouri’s First Congressional District, after an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois collapsed during a tornado on December 10, 2021. … Continue Reading
December 20, 2021
Cori Bush Statement following Senator Joe Manchin’s Obstruction of Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) issued the below statement following Senator Joe Manchin’s obstruction of the Build Back Better Act: “St. Louis, you sent me to Congress because you know I won’t stay quiet in the face of inaction on policies that will save lives. Despite controlling the House, Senate, and White House, one Senator, Joe Manchin, is blocking vital resources from moving forward. St. Louis deserves the President’s entire agenda to be signed into law and … Continue Reading
December 15, 2021
Cori Bush Statement on Potential Further Senate Delay of the Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) issued the below statement following reporting of Senate discussions to further delay the Build Back Better Act: “I am a single mother, a survivor, someone who has been formerly unhoused, and a Black woman in America,” said Congresswoman Cori Bush. “I’ve lived my entire life being overlooked by policymakers in Washington, DC. I promised my district when I ran for office that I would not let our community be overlooked any … Continue Reading
December 15, 2021
Bush Announces Missouri’s 2021 FEMA Funeral Assistance Funding, Urges Constituents to Apply
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), announced the total funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the state of Missouri to help St. Louis and our neighbors cover the costs associated with COVID-19 funerals. The Congresswoman is urging her constituents to utilize the assistance offered by the program, which is funded as part of the American Rescue Plan that the Congresswoman helped secure earlier this year. As of December 6, 2021, a total of 4,384 … Continue Reading
December 10, 2021
Congresswoman Cori Bush, Mayor Tishaura Jones Applaud Board of Aldermen’s Rebuke of Homer G. Phillips Name on North City Medical Facility
ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones released the following joint statement following the passage of Resolution 138 at today’s full Board of Aldermen meeting. Resolution 138 deems the naming of a new medical facility ‘Homer G. Phillips Hospital’ as “inappropriate cultural appropriation” after the new facility faced community outcry and protests: “Homer G. Phillips Hospital was a beacon of Black leadership in St. Louis, training an … Continue Reading
December 10, 2021
Bush, Pressley, Jeffries Unveil FIX Clemency Act
WASHINGTON D.C.,— Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) joined grassroots advocates in unveiling the Fair and Independent Experts in Clemency (FIX Clemency) Act, historic legislation to transform our nation’s broken clemency system and address the growing mass incarceration crisis. “Congress and the Biden Administration have an obligation to end the era … Continue Reading
December 08, 2021
Bush, Jayapal Lead Nearly 100 House Democrats in Urging Senate to Quickly Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans as Part of Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON D.C.,— U.S. Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led nearly 100 House lawmakers today in urging the Senate to quickly make insulin affordable for all Americans as part of the Build Back Better Act. Today’s letter — written to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — specifically calls on the Senate to retain the House’s life saving provision that caps out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 a month, implement this popular measure in 2022 to provide immediate relief … Continue Reading
December 08, 2021
Bush, Pressley Lead Resolution to Remove Rep. Boebert From Committee Assignments
WASHINGTON D.C.,— Today, Congresswomen Cori Bush (MO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), joined by Representatives Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Judy Chu (CA-27), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), led their House colleagues in announcing a resolution to remove Representative Lauren Boebert (CO-03) from her committee assignments. The Members will … Continue Reading
December 02, 2021
Bush, House Progressives Call for Rep. Lauren Boebert to Be Removed From Committee Assignments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), André Carson (IN-07), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), were joined by 35 House progressives to issue the following statement today calling for Representative Lauren Boebert (CO-03) to be removed from her committee assignments following her Islamophobic comments and incitement of anti-Muslim animus. “Rep. Boebert has repeatedly weaponized dangerous, anti-Muslim bigotry at our colleague Representative Ilhan Omar … Continue Reading
December 01, 2021
Cori Bush Statement on Spire’s Outrageous Price Increases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following unchecked gas utility rate hikes for St. Louis customers on Tuesday, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) issued the following statement on the urgent need to protect residents from Spire Inc.’s outrageous price-gouging and monopolistic behavior: “In just the last month, Spire has made our community feel unsafe as we head into the winter season, and now they’re announcing an unacceptable price increase that will disproportionately harm the most under-resourced … Continue Reading
November 30, 2021
Cori Bush Urges Biden Administration to Prevent Missouri from Blocking Abortion and Family Planning Services
WASHINGTON, DC — One month after Missouri’s attempt to revoke Medicaid eligibility to cover services provided by Planned Parenthood, Missouri’s only abortion clinic, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) has sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to fully enforce the Medicaid law and and ensure that none of the actions taken by the state of Missouri interfere with patients’ right to health care. “As the Congresswoman for Missouri’s First District, a Black woman who has utilized Medicaid … Continue Reading
November 24, 2021
Cori Bush Secures Assurances After Demanding Heat Stay On in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, MO — Less than a week after Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, demanded answers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about constituent concerns that Spire Inc. may be organizing a deceitful campaign by threatening heating service shutoffs, thus creating panic within the St. Louis community, the Congresswoman received a response from FERC Chairman Richard Glick. In his response, Chairman Glick noted that … Continue Reading
November 19, 2021
Cori Bush Helps Push Historic Build Back Better Act Through the House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Deputy Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the below statement following her vote in favor of the Build Back Better Act out of the U.S. House of Representatives: “For decades St. Louis has had to accept crumbs — forcing far too many families to make impossible choices between affording childcare or rent, missing work to care for a sick child or earning a full day's pay. As a single mother, I know what it’s like to … Continue Reading
November 17, 2021
Cori Bush Pushes For Answers on Spire Energy’s Campaign to Mislead St. Louis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) inquiring about Spire Inc.’s deceitful campaign this month to create panic within the St. Louis community. The Congresswoman is demanding that the energy company “immediately issue a public correction of the decontextualized November 4th email for all its customers.” “I am gravely concerned that Spire Inc. … Continue Reading
November 16, 2021
Congresswoman Bush, Senator Blunt Deliver $33.2 Million in Transportation Funding for St. Louis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) welcomed the announcement from the U.S. Department of Transportation that two projects she had been working to fund would receive more than $33 million in RAISE grant funding. Thanks to Congresswoman Bush’s tireless advocacy, alongside the partnership of local, state, and federal stakeholders, the West Florissant Avenue Great Streets Project will receive $18.2 million and the Brickline Greenway Project will receive $15 million. … Continue Reading
November 12, 2021
ICYMI, Cori Bush Op-Ed: “St. Louis St. Deserves President’s Entire Build Back Better Agenda”
ST. LOUIS, MO — On Thursday, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) published an op-ed in the St. Louis American on the President’s Build Back Better Agenda. Full text of the op-ed can be found here or below: ----- Everyone around the table was in tears. It was mid-July and I was seated around a table with my community members — home health care workers and their clients. The pandemic has devastated their industry. As we sat, discussing their stories and struggles, their pain was … Continue Reading
November 06, 2021
Congresswoman Cori Bush Statement on Infrastructure Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the below statement following the House vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “When I was sworn in, I promised to do the absolute most for everyone in St. Louis, starting with those that have the least. I have been abundantly clear in my position from day one of these negotiations: St. Louis deserves the President’s entire agenda. My vote tonight upheld my word — not only to House leadership, but to … Continue Reading
November 05, 2021
Congresswoman Cori Bush Highlights Deadly Consequences of SB 8, Texas Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, in a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing examining the impact of Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) on people from low-income backgrounds and communities of color, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), directed the Committee’s attention to the specific harm of abortion restrictions on Black people, and the permanent effects laws like SB 8 have on communities nationwide. As the first Black woman and nurse to serve the people of Missouri in Congress, Congresswoman Bush … Continue Reading
November 03, 2021
Cori Bush, Elizabeth Warren Seek Answers on Rental Assistance from Sec. Yellen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), member of the House Committees on Oversight and the Judiciary, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting additional information on how Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) grantees are able to equitably distribute the life-saving funding in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. Having spoken … Continue Reading
October 26, 2021
Cori Bush Nominated to Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) will participate in her first hearing as a Member of the esteemed Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, under the leadership of Co-Chairs Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Chris Smith (NJ-04). “Our foreign policy must be rooted in a love for all of humanity,” said Congresswoman Cori Bush. “This moment demands a clear commitment to a foreign policy centered on human rights and diplomacy. We must address the real threats of climate change in … Continue Reading