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WEST CHICAGO - Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) is pleased to announce Alondra Lee Mathena as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for the 14th District. Mathena, a senior at Geneva High School, was chosen for her piece titled "The Stairway Above," a digital photograph with 3D elements.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Underwood (IL-14) continued her work to strengthen small businesses' cyber infrastructure and secure U.S. elections at a House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing.
WASHINGTON – Today, in a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) questioned the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on VA's priorities following the department's Fiscal Year 2023 budget request.
WASHINGTON – In response to policy changes secured by Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced major improvements to the Department's medical and public health efforts.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Alma Adams (NC-12) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) led 81 Members of Congress urging Senate Majority Leader Schumer to prioritize investments to address the U.S. maternal health crisis in the next reconciliation package.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) introduced the bipartisan NIH IMPROVE Act. This legislation would fund a critical National Institutes of Health (NIH) research program, the Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswomen Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Nikema Williams (GA-05) led a group of more than 70 Members of Congress in urging Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to include provisions in reconciliation legislation to permanently lower out-of-pocket health premium costs and extend Medicaid coverage to people in states that have refused to expand the program.
NAPERVILLE – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to discuss youth mental health and how the U.S.
WEST CHICAGO – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) will host an April town hall series in Geneva, Huntley, and Naperville.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on President Biden's Executive Order on Strengthening Access to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid.