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Press Releases

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.

November 18, 2022

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).

November 5, 2022

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.  

October 25, 2022

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).