Press Releases
Underwood’s legislation includes expanding evidence-based training that both VA and the White House have called for to address the veteran suicide crisis
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s (IL-14) legislation to address the veteran suicide crisis advanced in the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
First phase includes $42.5 million investment in youth substance prevention in communities across the country
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Bill Foster (IL-11), and Sean Casten (IL-06) announced that the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program has awarded grant funding to organizations that provide youth substance use prevention programs in Naperville, McHenry County, and Will County. The grant funding includes a $42.5 million investment for FY2020 to youth substanc
WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and other Democratic members of the Illinois delegation urged Illinois’ leading health insurers to provide financial relief to Illinois individuals, families, and small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) celebrated the Department of Energy's recent announcement selecting Fermilab to lead one of t
Members highlight how the dangerous rollback increases maternal health risks
WASHINGTON—Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a letter of 28 Members of Congress to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their deep concern with a new rule which would weaken the EPA’s ability to limit dangerous methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement.
The Lethal Means Safety Training Act expands evidence-based training that helps create valuable time and space between a veteran at risk and a potentially lethal means
Delivering for America Act provides emergency funding and prevents the postal service from implementing harmful changes
WASHINGTON— Ahead of Saturday’s House vote on critical legislation to save the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on her support for the Delivering for America Act (H.R. 8015), legislation that will be voted on in the House of Representatives Saturday, August 22.
Underwood to Meet with Constituents in Outdoor Office Hours in Will, Lake, and DuPage Counties
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she will hold in-person outdoor office hours on in Will, Lake, and DuPage counties. The office hours are a continuation in a series of in-person and virtual office hours to be held in each of the 14th District’s seven counties during the month of August.
WEST CHICAGO— Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) held a virtual discussion on election security and voting during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Underwood discussed the importance of securing elections from foreign adversaries and advocated for the passage of the Heroes Act in the Senate, which passed the House in May.