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WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led members of the Illinois delegation in urging the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to address the public health impacts of ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions in Lake County. In a letter to Rochelle P. Walensky, Administrator of ATSDR and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Members pushed for timely completion of the agency's promised health consultation report and assessment of the risk posed by EtO.
Underwood's priorities include improving water infrastructure, strengthening foster youth development, improving health care systems, and expanding access to higher education
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McHenry County College could receive $825,000 in federal dollars to expand its dual credit and dual degree program if legislation being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives moves forward.
The allocation is one of several education, health care and youth initiatives that U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, has requested funding for, according to a news release from her office.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that $1.5 million in federal investments for education, health care, and youth projects for the people of the 14th District of Illinois have advanced in the House of Representatives. This is the result of Rep. Underwood's advocacy to fund local projects to improve early education and college readiness, help foster youth and their advocates in the Kendall County, and support adults with disabilities and people with mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's visit to Illinois' 14th District. During the visit, Underwood joined President Biden at McHenry County College to discuss the American Families Plan and what it means for Illinois families.
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced the Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act, legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for common, life-saving prescription drugs, including insulin, that are used to manage chronic conditions. The Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act would require private health insurance plans, including high deductible health plans, to cover certain preventive care and prescription drugs without charging a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible-related fee.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is taking himself to tough political turf with his visit Wednesday to Crystal Lake, in McHenry County, where voters rejected Democrats Biden, Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Lauren Underwood in 2020.
He'll be at McHenry County College, a community college in Crystal Lake — northwest of Chicago — promoting key parts of his domestic policy agenda — packaged and branded as it works its way through Congress as the American Families Plan.
WASHINGTON— Today, legislation championed by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), the INVEST in America Act, passed the House of Representatives. The INVEST in America Act makes transformational investments in America's highways, roads, bridges, transit, rail, and water infrastructure to create jobs, modernize our infrastructure and reduce carbon pollution. This legislation puts some of the key pieces of President Biden's infrastructure vision into legislative text.
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that over $1.3 million in federal funding for Lake County's Sylvan Lake Dam advanced in the House of Representatives. The Sylvan Lake Dam Modification Project is crucial to ensure public safety and protect hundreds of Lake County homes from impending failure of a 100-year-old embankment dam.