Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced $3 million in mental health funding to support Northern Illinois University (NIU), Lewis University, and school districts in Bureau and LaSalle Counties.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Job Protection Act, legislation to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to tens of millions of workers.
WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) was sworn in as United States Representative for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, representing the people of northern Illinois in the 118th Congress.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she has secured $20,090,613 in Community Project Funding for Illinois’ 14th district as part of the final 2023 government funding package.
WASHINGTON – 72% of Americans rank passing Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s (IL-14) Black Maternal Health “Momnibus” Act as their number one priority for the end-of-year package.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) led more than 100 Members of Congress in a letter calling for Senate passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 2694).
JOLIET – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined President Joe Biden at Jones Elementary School in Joliet, Illinois to discuss their work to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower health care and prescription drug costs.
WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) called for urgent investments in maternal health in response to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).