I will continue to advocate for community-driven solutions to the racial health disparity crisis.

Shontel M. Brown · Ohio · Democratic

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Occurrences

We must eliminate discrimination and bias in healthcare, and I will continue to advocate for community-driven solutions to the racial health disparity crisis.

Brown commits to advocate for community-led remedies to racial health disparities.

Health | Representative Shontel Brown
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I am glad that the Biden-Harris Administration is prioritizing health equity and will continue to work for equitable distribution of COVID relief.

Commits to working for equitable distribution of COVID relief and health equity.

Priorities – Shontel Brown For Congress
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Evidence

The campaign page said Brown would support equitable health care and, on maternal and infant mortality, would "continue to support community-based solutions to this crisis." It framed her approach as working with the Biden-Harris administration on health equity and ending discrimination and bias in health care.

Campaign material shows the promise itself: continued advocacy for community-based solutions to racial health disparities.

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Priorities – Shontel Brown For Congress
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Brown’s official House issue page states she co-led a letter urging the FDA to investigate the health risks of chemical hair straighteners marketed to Black women and adds that she "will continue to advocate for community-driven solutions to the racial health disparity crisis."

Official current congressional messaging confirms she is still publicly advocating for community-driven solutions to racial health disparities.

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Health | Representative Shontel Brown
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Brown announced the U-FIGHT Act, which would authorize HHS grants for early detection, intervention, education, awareness, and research on uterine fibroids. The release says fibroids disproportionately impact Black women and that Brown introduced the bill to address that disparity.

She advanced a concrete health-disparity bill focused on a condition that disproportionately affects Black women.

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Congresswoman Brown Introduces U-FIGHT Act to Promote Early Detection, Treatment, and Research on Uterine Fibroids
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Brown as sponsor of H.R. 4392, introduced July 15, 2025, with the official purpose to authorize HHS grants to increase early detection of and intervention for uterine fibroids. The latest action shown is referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Brown formally introduced a bill aimed at improving detection and intervention for a disparity that affects Black women disproportionately; it did not advance beyond referral.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4392 - Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment Act of 2025
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Cuyahoga County said the council passed legislation declaring racism a public health crisis. The county article quotes then-Councilwoman Shontel Brown saying the resolution was a first step and that the hard work was to change policies and procedures.

Before Congress, Brown co-authored a local public-health resolution directly tied to racial inequity, showing concrete advocacy on the issue.

partial same_term A for effort

Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis and Introduces Nominations to Citizens’ Advisory Council on Equity
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Assessments

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The promise was to continue advocating for community-driven solutions to racial health disparities, not necessarily to enact a specific law. Evidence shows Brown maintained official public advocacy on racial health disparities, co-led FDA oversight related to products marketed to Black women, and introduced the U-FIGHT Act to address uterine fibroids, a condition disproportionately affecting Black women. Although the bill did not advance beyond referral, the promised outcome was continued advocacy, which was met during the same term.

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