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119-hres-119119th Congress

Declaring racism a public health crisis.

Sponsored By: Representative Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

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Summary

This resolution would declare racism a public health crisis and call for a nationwide strategy to address the social and structural drivers of racial health gaps across housing, education, employment, and health care.

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  • Families and infants: It highlights life expectancy gaps of about 4 to 10 years for Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people and flags pregnancy-related mortality that is 2 to 4 times higher for some groups. Infants in several racial and ethnic minority groups are about 2.5 to 3 times more likely to die than White infants.
  • Specific communities: The text documents higher cervical cancer rates for Hispanic women, cancer as a leading cause of death for many Asian Americans, high lung cancer among never-smoking Asian women, and elevated diabetes and cardiovascular deaths among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
  • Public health and policy action: It urges cross-government response, more research and data disaggregation, support for local declarations, and targeted investments to dismantle systemic practices that drive health inequities.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

CT • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/4/2025

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

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