Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Last week, Rep. Lauren Underwood introduced a bipartisan amendment to protect Job Corps Centers from reckless closure in the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Funding Bill. The amendment was adopted unanimously by Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee.

WASHINGTON — Hoy, la Rep. Lauren Underwood, Miembro de Mayor Rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones de Seguridad Nacional, recibió una sesión informativa por parte del liderazgo de la Oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE) sobre las operaciones de la agencia en el área de Chicago.

WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations, was briefed by leadership at U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the agency’s operations in the Chicagoland area.

Underwood legislation to extend popular tax credits is a key piece of the legislation and will protect health coverage savings and care for millions of American families 

WASHINGTON — On the 60^th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, House Democrats introduced the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act, sweeping legislation that would repeal the devastating cuts to working families’ health care implemented in Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.

WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) delivered the following remarks at the House Appropriations Committee markup of the fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations funding bill: 

“I rise in strong opposition to the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill that we are considering today.  

JOLIET — Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) will host a series of Town Halls in every county in Illinois’ 14^th District throughout the month of August. 

WASHINGTON – This Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois is seeking to raise the cost of health coverage premiums by 27 percent next year, in response to the December 31

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) delivered the following remarks at the House Appropriations Committee markup of the fiscal year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill:

“Families in northern Illinois are in a cost-of-living crisis. The price of rent is through the roof. Actually buying a home feels more out of reach than ever. And working people are paying more—and waiting longer —to get to work and back home every single day.