Local Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s Statement on the Selection of Chicago’s South Side for the Obama Presidential Library by Gary Kopycinski on May 12, 2015 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement today in response to the city’s selection as the site for the future presidential library: