Press Releases

August 31, 2020 Press Release

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.

August 27, 2020 Press Release

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) celebrated the Department of Energy's recent announcement selecting Fermilab to lead one of t

August 27, 2020 Press Release
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.

August 27, 2020 Press Release

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement.  

August 25, 2020 Press Release
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
WASHINGTON— Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her work to address the veteran suicide crisis with new legislation to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide lethal means training to VA staff and contractors who regularly interact with veterans.
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August 21, 2020 Press Release
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. 

August 20, 2020 Press Release
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.

August 19, 2020 Press Release

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.

August 17, 2020 Press Release
The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act responds to an alarming decline in immunization rates for life-saving vaccines

WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) introduced new legislation to reverse the dangerous decrease in vaccination rates, which have plummeted during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act (H.R.

August 12, 2020 Press Release

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) held a Back to School Virtual Panel to help Illinois families, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming school year.

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