Covid-19 and Pandemic Prevention
ROOTED
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on everything from education to healthcare, from the economy to the social safety net, and it is not over. When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached our communities, Delia got to work hosting testing events, and vaccination events. Delia helped focus resources to address the public health inequities that we all saw with the pandemic in our communities. She helped ensure that important health safety communications and pandemic relief programs were accessible to everyone. She also got to work on legislative solutions, helping small businesses survive the pandemic and people stay in their homes.
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In Congress, Delia continues to advocate for legislative and budgetary priorities that ensure there is a significant investment made in our communities so they can recover and thrive post-pandemic, and better prepare our nation to prevent and confront future biosecurity threats. She is a champion for President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, which makes once-in-a-lifetime investments in working and middle-class families to ensure a strong economic recovery. With her on-the-ground experience in our communities, Delia supports public investment to prevent the next pandemic, including efforts to develop comprehensive test/trace/isolate programs, improve our health data infrastructure, and accelerate future vaccine development.
RESULTS
In Congress, Delia:
Voted no on ending the national emergency declaration relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing that new cases of COVID and long COVID continues to impact our communities
As IL State Representative, Delia:
Chief-sponsored comprehensive emergency housing legislation that has led to over $1 billion in rental and mortgage assistance, reaching over 110,000 homes across the state
Hosted over 20 COVID testing events in collaboration with state public health officials and local community healthcare partners
Hosted 7 vaccination events where over 1000 community members received their COVID-19 vaccines and boosters
