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WASHINGTON— Today, Rep.
WASHINGTON— Today, in a Committee on Education and Labor virtual forum, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her fight to expand access to quality, affordable health care during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that hospitals and health care providers across Illinois will receive more than $1.4 billion from initial Health Provider Relief Fund distributions to support their responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led members of the Illinois delegation in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support Metra's Fiscal Year 2020 Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) application for cyber vulnerability risk mitigation and operations center enhancements.
WASHINGTON— Today, in the House Veterans Affairs Committee's first virtual roundtable, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her work to help veterans impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that the Department of Education has awarded $569 million in emergency funding to help elementary and secondary schools in Illinois impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today released the following statement on the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, interim legislation to deliver urgently needed resources to small businesses, protect health care workers, and expand access to coronavirus testing.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that Illinois will receive $8.3 million from the Department of Labor in the first installment of Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) to help workers impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined a new legislative effort to safely reopen America during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Reopen America Act of 2020 (H.R. 6525) establishes a comprehensive national effort to reopen the U.S.
WASHINGTON— Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she is joining Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-02) in an effort to provide emergency resources to support the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), protect local postal workers with personal protective equipment (PPE), and ensure timely mail delivery during the coronavirus pandemic.