Press Releases

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) legislation to reduce COVID-19-related health care costs for veterans passed the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she will vote in support of the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800), the latest coronavirus relief package in the House of Representatives.

The second bipartisan bill that Underwood and Duckworth have introduced to lower health care costs for veterans and eliminate unfair copays faced by our nation's heroes

WEST CHICAGO— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) has launched the 14^th District Senior Spotlight—a program to recognize graduating high school seniors who aren't able to have a traditional senior year and graduation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

WEST CHICAGO— Yesterday, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) hosted a virtual civics class to provide a resource to educators and students learning and teaching remotely during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Jason Crow (CO-06), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced new legislation to establish the "Health Force." The Health Force and Resilience Force Act would recruit, train, and employ Americans to expand our public health workforce to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen America's long-term public health infrastruc

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee, led a virtual panel discussion on health care disparities during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Al Green (TX-09).

WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led 33 members of the House of Representatives in an effort urging House leadership to include robust emergency funding for state and local public health departments in the next coronavirus relief package.