{"id":73548,"date":"2025-06-16T17:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73548"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:10:40","slug":"stevie-wonder-owner-of-kjlh-radio-honors-congresswoman-maxine-waters-at-kjlh-25th-annual-womens-health-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73548","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Wonder Owner of KJLH Radio Honors Congresswoman Maxine Waters at KJLH 25th Annual Women\u2019s Health Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congresswoman Maxine Waters<\/strong>\u00a0delivered a powerful speech to a packed crowd at KJLH\u2019s 25th Annual Women\u2019s Health Expo. The KJLH Women\u2019s Health Expo is one of the largest health events for women in the state. This year\u2019s theme \u2013 The Silver Lining: 25 Years of Building Generational Health \u2013 honors the legacy and impact of the event, as well as the dedication to advancing the health and empowerment of women and families across Southern California. Under Stevie Wonder\u2019s leadership, this annual event continues to grow and features hundreds of exhibitors showcasing health, wellness, beauty, fitness, and lifestyle resources, tailored to women and families.<\/p>\n<p>The Congresswoman released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach year since the expo was founded, I am so pleased to join KLJH in advancing the health and wellness of women and families. The founders of this Expo knew that women wanted information about their health and needed better connections with health care providers, so that they could take control of their health and the health of their families.<\/p>\n<p>As the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, I\u2019ve been raising the alarm \u2013 in the halls of Congress and back here in Los Angeles \u2014 about the disastrous impact of Donald Trump\u2019s policies. I was absolutely appalled to learn of the Trump administration\u2019s plans to slash more than $30 billion from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in his budget for next year. That is more than one quarter of the department\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>This cruel and senseless budget would dismantle the life-saving programs that enable Americans to stay healthy \u2013 from medical research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to disease prevention by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u2013 from substance use treatment by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the training of our nation\u2019s future health care workforce.<\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering: What can I do, as an ordinary citizen, to fight back against Trump\u2019s attack on our institutions and way of life? What can I do to stop cuts to Medicaid and other life-saving health care programs?<\/p>\n<p>We have to be out there in the streets. We need to make our voices heard and show that we won\u2019t stand silently by while they take away our benefits and destroy our government. Trump\u2019s relentless assault on our institutions and individual freedoms is not just dangerous; it is a coup in slow motion. And we all must be committed to defending our democracy before it\u2019s too late\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"5-31-25__Cert_to_S._Wonder_-__2b.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZwamAwUmmNCqNej0BnuRD3WZp2J1IjOILy5tovDZKDHE1OqlEc_p3mWAedDYwFQGzuaOEi57YXtYZBukHIvJO73p54T6-R7SDo_TlWF5R-ryRET7TbXy8w1l9MOPu7K3ZaRcW9quCK3GD5ilawUN1H8w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/CA43MW\/5-31-25__Cert_to_S._Wonder_-__2b.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"640\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Pictured left to right: Karen Slade, Karen Waters, Stevie Wonder, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Adai Lamar)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"5-31-25_CMW___S._Wonder_-__2a.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbCBkjVtJbFbJOpBU38YqKfsOPEL0l-0czeW8daS32RwnSB9san7KB_1FtkMcsLpu2K-DPKr8XBjgQYoTHNNsvgoES4fz6nKTushhd_X8bxd7OENhCZPet2aSj8BUZARCoLwTFOUAYOYx_ui5w1zg=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/CA43MW\/5-31-25_CMW___S._Wonder_-__2a.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"605\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Pictured: Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Maxine Waters\u00a0delivered a powerful speech&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73549,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73548\/revisions\/73549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}