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July 10, 2019

WASHINGTON—Today Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced the Caring for Women Veterans Act (H.R. 3636) to ensure women veterans receive quality health care from VA facilities.

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July 9, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in Republicans' Texas v. U.S. lawsuit, Rep.

July 8, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee and Congressman John Katko (NY-24), announced the introduction of the Counter Terrorist Network Act (H.R. 3526) to strengthen U.S. border security and counter terrorism efforts. The legislation would authorize the U.S.

July 2, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced her co-sponsorship of the bipartisan Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375) to bring needed relief to Illinoisans from abusive robocall practices.

July 1, 2019

WASHINGTON –– Today, seven freshman members of Congress unveiled Task Force Sentry, a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have been, for the past eight weeks, working together behind closed doors to protect the U.S. political system from attack by foreign adversaries. The task force is led by Reps.

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, today introduced the U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening and Standards Act (H.R. 3525) to ensure appropriate medical safeguards for individuals apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), today met with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Peter T. Gaynor to push his agency to do everything in its power to help Illinois recover from and prepare for disasters.

June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced today that her efforts to secure important resources for health care, the protection of climate change data, ethylene oxide research, and Fermilab were successful. The legislation passed as a part of the House appropriations package (H.R. 2740, H.R. 3055, and H.R. 3351) for Fiscal Year 2020.

June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON— Last night, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14)'s legislation to protect the Affordable Care Act passed the House of Representatives. The legislation passed as a part of the House appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2020, and would prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from spending federal funds on litigation that undermines the health care law, including Texas v.

June 25, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) spoke before the Ways and Means Committee to advocate for middle class families by promoting her legislation to provide tax relief to middle-class families who face new tax burdens under the 2017 Republican tax law.