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May 14, 2025

WASHINGTON – This morning, Representative Lauren Underwood, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations delivered the following the remarks at the subcommittee’s oversight hearing on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE):

May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) has introduced the Health Savings and Affordability for Fertility Act, legislation to expand eligible fertility treatment and care allowable under Health Savings Accounts (HSA), making fertility treatments more affordable and accessible for families.

May 7, 2025

WASHINGTON – This afternoon, Ranking Member Lauren Underwood wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to formally request more information and a full accounting of Noem’s taxpayer funded travel for a 26-minute press conference she held today in Springfield, Illinois.

May 6, 2025

WASHINGTON – This afternoon, Representative Lauren Underwood, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem about the Trump Administration’s failure to follow the law and ensure that the programs and services that protect the American people are fully equipped to ac

April 22, 2025

WASHINGTON – Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Dina Titus (NV-01), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Convenient Contraception Act, legislation that would improve access to contraceptive products, including over-the-counter contraceptives.

April 2, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed Rep.

March 13, 2025

WASHINGTON – House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (WA), and Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Chris Murphy (CT) released the following statement on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ending

March 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Women’s Retirement Protection Act of 2025 (WRPA), legislation to help close the retirement gap and improve women’s financial security.

March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON—Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) appeared before the House Veterans Affairs Committee during a hearing on her legislation, the Copay Fairness for Veterans Act.

February 6, 2025

WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Job Protection Act, legislation designed to strengthen and expand Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) protections to tens of millions of workers nationwide.