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April 12, 2024

JOLIET — Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined more than 100 of her colleagues in a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur M.

March 25, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced $75 million in federal funding she secured to advance technology to fight the climate crisis in Plainfield, Illinois.

March 19, 2024

WASHINGTON – This Thursday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee will conduct a committee hearing to consider the Maternal Health for Veterans Act, the first Congressional hearing to consider legislation from the Momnibus Act in 2024.

March 9, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that $12,662,536 in Community Project Funding that she previously secured for Illinois’s 14th District in the 2024 appropriations bills has been finalized.

March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) urgently called for investments in maternal health in response to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced her Honored Guest for President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7th.

February 26, 2024

MUNICH – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined a Congressional Delegation to Munich, Germany this weekend to convene with counterparts in the German Bundestag and participate in the 2024 Munich Security Conference.

February 26, 2024

WASHINGTON— Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced the Climate and Health Protection Act to strengthen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Climate and Health Program.

February 14, 2024

WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act, legislation that addresses suicide among children and young adults by providing evidence-based training to current and future health care professionals.