Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), a member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and David B. McKinley (WV-01) introduced bipartisan legislation to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance oversight and promote accountability at VA, reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and ensuring veterans receive high-quality care.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) legislation to support student veterans who are at risk of being academically penalized due to their ongoing military service unanimously passed the House.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) celebrated President Biden's signing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law.
WASHINGTON – Today, a spokesperson for Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement.
WASHINGTON – Today, along with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL -14) announced that thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award $18 million in grants to Illinois travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation businesses.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) supported the passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) in the House of Representatives, which will now head to the President's desk for signature.
WASHINGTON – Today, in a bipartisan vote of 276-149, the House of Representatives passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act. The bill was introduced earlier this year by Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) along with Congresswoman Carolyn B.
WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Alma Adams (NC-12), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) pushed to ensure that investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus