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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she has secured $20,090,613 in Community Project Funding for Illinois’ 14th district as part of the final 2023 government funding package. The package now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON – 72% of Americans rank passing Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s (IL-14) Black Maternal Health “Momnibus” Act as their number one priority for the end-of-year package.
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). The letter urges Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act without delay.
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). GAO’s report concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic worsened maternal health outcomes and contributed to an increase in maternal deaths, specifically among Black and Hispanic communities.
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. In a Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing, Underwood emphasized her support for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) new interim final rule that allows VA to provide abortion counseling and abortion care in cases of incest, rape, or when the health or life of the mother is endangered.
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. Underwood and Secretary Walsh discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s work to bring good-paying jobs to the 14th District, tackle climate change, and protect the rights of workers.