Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined Senator Dick Durbin (IL) to urge CMS to act immediately to address the rapidly rising rates of substance use disorders among older adults in Illinois.
JOLIET – This week, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that $148 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is coming home to Illinois. Underwood made the announcement at a press conference with Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu.
WASHINGTON – Last week, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s (IL-14) Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act passed the House of Representatives as part of the Mental Health Matters Act, a package of bills that provide solutions to America’s growing mental health crisis.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her work to advocate for safe and legal abortion care by supporting policies to expand access to this life-saving health care for veterans.
WEST CHICAGO – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin Walsh led a town hall with northern Illinois labor leaders at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union hall in Batavia.
WEST CHICAGO – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) will host an August town hall series in Naperville, Batavia, and DeKalb.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) applauds the inclusion of the Health Care Affordability Act, her signature legislation to lower health care premium costs, in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
WEST CHICAGO – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) toured three Hispanic-owned small businesses in Plano and Oswego to learn about how federal and local resources have helped them overcome challenges they have faced over the course of the pandemic and recovery.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) voted to pass the CHIPS and Science Act, a transformative legislative package to supercharge American production of semiconductor chips, strengthen supply chains, increase American manufacturing, and advance U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Ami Bera (CA-07), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) introduced the Improving DATA in Public Health Act.