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Brooke Shields & Mary Jo Codey on Capitol Hill, supporting The MOTHERS Act

Hot off the press, here's the release just issued by the offices of Senator Mendez and Representative Rush, in conjunction with Postpartum Support International (PSI):

A MOTHER'S DAY MESSAGE FROM BROOKE SHIELDS, SEN. MENENDEZ, REP. RUSH AND MARY JO CODEY

WASHINGTON - On Friday morning, leading into Mother's Day weekend, actress Brooke Shields will join U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Mary Jo Codey, wife of former New Jersey Governor Richard Codey, and others to announce the introduction of The MOTHERS Act in the Senate.

The legislation would initiate new federal investment in postpartum depression education, detection, and treatment programs for new mothers. Similar legislation - the Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression Act - has been introduced in the House by Rep. Rush.

WHO: Brooke Shields, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Mary Jo Codey (longtime postpartum depression awareness advocate, wife of former New Jersey Governor Richard Codey), Carol Blocker, (whose daughter, Melanie Blocker Stokes, took her own life after battling postpartum depression)

WHEN: FRIDAY, May 11, 10 a.m.

WHERE: 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing Room), Washington, DC

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