STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A program that helps new and expecting mothers provide a safe, healthy environment for their babies is one step closer to being extended for five more years.

The Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, unanimously passed out of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce.

“I thank Chairman Brett Guthrie, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, and the House Committee on Energy & Commerce for unanimously passing this important piece of bipartisan legislation to extend the Healthy Start program through 2030,” said Malliotakis, a Republican who represents Staten Island and South Brooklyn.

The legislation would extend the federally-funded Healthy Start program, which provides grants to c

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