Press Releases
January 17, 2019
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Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) made the following statement after she was appointed by her colleagues to serve on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for the 116th Congress.
January 15, 2019
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Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) made the following statement after she was appointed by her colleagues to serve on the House Committee on Education & Labor for the 116th Congress.
January 15, 2019
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Limits to the state and local tax deduction passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act place uniquely large and disproportionate burden on middle-class families in the Illinois 6th and 14th Congressional Districts
As the 2019 tax-filing season opens this week, Reps. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Sean Casten (IL-6) today urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to address the disproportionate tax burden being placed upon Illinois families due to changes in the state and local tax deduction as passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
January 11, 2019
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Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of Agriculture and FDA appropriations bill to re-open this essential government agency to ensure the FDA and USDA can continue to inspect food and prevent public health epidemics, safeguard a strong, robust farmer safety net that provides certainty to our rural economy, and guarantee vulnerable Illinois families receive critical SNAP benefits.
January 11, 2019
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Today, Rep. Underwood joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bills to re-open these two essential government agencies to ensure air travel and highway transportation are safe for all Americans and stand up for the hard-working Illinois families who are at imminent risk of being evicted.
January 11, 2019
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Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) voted to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Interior and EPA appropriations bill to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to resume its critical activities in protecting clean air and clean water for Illinois families.
January 10, 2019
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Underwood delivered her first floor address to voice her support for House Democrats’ efforts to protect Illinoisans’ health care. She voted in favor of a resolution that strengthens Congress’s hand to intervene against the Republicans’ monstrous Texas v. U.S.
January 10, 2019
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Democratic House Rules Package Includes Underwood Authored New Anti-Sexual Harassment Provisions
Washington, DC – Today, Lauren Underwood (D-IL) was sworn into Congress to represent Illinois’ 14th Congressional District. The historic day was cemented by the passage of the Opening Day Rules Package for the 116th Congress (H. Res 6) which includes two provisions authored by Rep.
January 5, 2019
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H.R. 1, the For the People Act, Will Clean Up Corruption in Washington, Make It Easier to Vote, and Give Hard-working Americans More Power in Our Democracy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined the new House Democratic majority in introducing H.R.