Press Releases
March 1, 2019
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Durbin, Duckworth, Foster, Underwood also press FBI to immediately conduct a review to ensure records of felony and domestic violence misdemeanor convictions are being appropriately shared across FBI databases
Today, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) honoring the victims and injured police officers of this month’s shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois, in which a gunman killed Russell Beyer, Vicente Juarez, Clayton “Clay” Parks, Josh Pinkard, and Trevor Wehner, and injured Aurora Police Officers Adam Miller, Marco Gomez, John Cebulski, James Zegar, Reynaldo Rivera, and Diego Avila. U.S. Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced a House companion resolution today.
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February 27, 2019
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Background Checks Act of 2019 requires background check in order to purchase a gun
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) made the following statement on the passage of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8), legislation she cosponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives. The passage came just eleven days after four of Underwood’s constituents and one other man were killed in an act of gun violence at Henry Pratt Co., a manufacturing business in Aurora, Illinois.
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February 27, 2019
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Rebuild America’s Schools Act invests in America’s public schools, creates 1.9 million jobs. Paycheck Fairness Act ensures equal pay for equal work
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today announced that the Committee on Education and Labor approved two bills she cosponsors, the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) and the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (H.R. 865).
February 26, 2019
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“I first came to Washington as an intern, and that summer changed my life”
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today announced summer internship opportunities in her West Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices.
February 25, 2019
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Members of Congress cite worsening flooding in downstream communities in Des Plaines River Watershed in letter calling for reconsideration of waived environmental review
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) sent a letter to new Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers urging him to re-evaluate the environmental impact of proposed Foxconn construction and his state’s decision to waive important environmental review of the development, which could have significant downstream effects on Lake County communities already vulnerable to flooding along the Des Plaines River.
February 21, 2019
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HHS proposal would increase premiums and out-of-pocket costs for consumers
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) expressed concern that a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would increase premiums for consumers who purchase health insurance though the exchange created by the Affordable Care Act. In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, Underwood also warned that the rule would also increase out-of-pocket costs for consumers with private insurance—including some employer-sponsored healthcare plans.
February 16, 2019
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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today released the following statement on the shooting that took place in Aurora, Illinois.
February 15, 2019
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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today released the following statement on the President’s declaration of national emergency at the United States-Mexico border.
February 14, 2019
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Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today released the following statement on the eleventh anniversary of the shooting that took place at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on February 14, 2008.
February 13, 2019
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Introduced with Congresswoman Underwood as an original co-sponsor, the FAMILY Act would create a universal, gender-neutral paid family and medical leave plan that would cover all workers for any medical event With only 17 percent of the American workforce currently having access to paid family leave through their employer, workers are losing income, and jobs and businesses are losing employees every day that goes by without a national paid family leave program
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) introduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, or FAMILY Act—legislation that would create a universal, gender-neutral, national paid family and medical leave program.