Press Releases
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) supported new legislation to provide additional funding to small cities and localities across Illinois' 14th District.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Democratic members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing strong concerns regarding the racial disparities that exist in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Illinois and across the nation.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that colleges and universities serving Illinois' 14th District will receive over $45 million in emergency funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Underwood strongly supported in Congress and was signed by the President on March 27.
WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined Congressman Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), in a bipartisan letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushing for additional direct funding to small localities and cities in future coronavirus relief packages.
WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released her ‘CARES 2' coronavirus aid package priorities to help Illinois communities and families impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
WASHINGTON— Yesterday, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Angie Craig (MN-02) introduced the bipartisan All Dependent Children Count Act (H.R.6420).
WASHINGTON— Today, in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Angie Craig (MN-02), and a group of 16 freshman Democratic members advocated for the inclusion of their legislative solutions to make health care more affordable in the next Congressional coronavirus relief package.
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $12.2 million in federal funding to communities in the 14th District.
WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senators Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led a group of 11 members of the Illinois delegation in a letter to President Trump, urging the Administration to immediately implement a federally coordinated effort to meet Illinois' need for personal protective equipment (PPE).
WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) supported the passage of bipartisan legislation to help Illinois families impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides economic assistance to families, small businesses, and health systems.