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October 18, 2021

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced new legislation to support student veterans who are at risk of being academically penalized due to their ongoing military service.

October 15, 2021

WEST CHICAGO – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) pushed U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on the steep decline in United States Postal Service (USPS) delivery reliability in Illinois, and troubling policies introduced by DeJoy that undermine the service.

October 12, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced new legislation to address the health care professional shortage within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

October 8, 2021

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) bipartisan legislation to improve maternal health care for veterans passed the Senate on October 7th with bipartisan support. The Senate version of the legislation is led by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).

Issues:Veterans
September 30, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) delivered a speech on the House floor on the critical importance of making the historic health care affordability expansion included in the American Rescue Plan permanent.

September 24, 2021

The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) is a landmark bill that guarantees the right to access abortion nationwide and aims to codify Roe V Wade

September 22, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) advocated for the implementation of her legislation, theLethal Means Safety Training Act, during a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on veteran suicide prevention.

Issues:Veterans
September 21, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Unlawful Turn-aways Act to address the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) systemic denials of health care and services to veterans with general or other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges.

Issues:Veterans
September 15, 2021

WASHINGTON—This week, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) legislation to make a historic investment in the U.S. nursing workforce passed out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act (H.R.

September 15, 2021

WASHINGTON—Today, Black Maternal Health Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) applauded the Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing critical investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act (H.R. 959/S. 346) in the Committee's markup of the Build Back Better Act.