Press Releases
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).
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.