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March 22, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, ahead of the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) is reintroducing the Health Care Affordability Act, her signature legislation to permanently lower the cost of health care premiums.

March 10, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, in a letter to the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) urged the agencies to take every possible action to preserve access to care in Peru, Illinois, and surrounding communities following the sudden closure of St

February 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced her Honored Guest for President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Tuesday, February 7th.

February 3, 2023

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.

February 2, 2023

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.

January 7, 2023

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. 

January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. 

December 23, 2022

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.

December 5, 2022

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.