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WASHINGTON—Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a letter of 28 Members of Congress to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler expressing their deep concern with a new rule which would weaken the EPA's ability to limit dangerous methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. The letter also highlighted the link between dangerous methane emissions and the impact on maternal health risks, particularly for Black women.

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement.

WASHINGTON— Ahead of Saturday's House vote on critical legislation to save the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement on her support for the Delivering for America Act (H.R. 8015), legislation that will be voted on in the House of Representatives Saturday, August 22.

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she will hold in-person outdoor office hours on in Will, Lake, and DuPage counties. The office hours are a continuation in a series of in-person and virtual office hours to be held in each of the 14th District's seven counties during the month of August. The office hours will serve as an opportunity for residents of the 14th District to meet with Underwood to hear an update on her work in Congress, share concerns, and ask questions.

WEST CHICAGO— Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) held a virtual discussion on election security and voting during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Underwood discussed the importance of securing elections from foreign adversaries and advocated for the passage of the Heroes Act in the Senate, which passed the House in May. The legislation would provide $3.6 billion in equipment, supplies, and staffing needed to protect the health of voters and poll workers as Americans vote during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) introduced new legislation to reverse the dangerous decrease in vaccination rates, which have plummeted during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act (H.R. 8061) makes critical investments to develop, scale, and evaluate local initiatives to promote recommended vaccinations during this pandemic.

WEST CHICAGO— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) held a Back to School Virtual Panel to help Illinois families, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming school year. During the event, Megan Pecoraro-McCann, a school-based social worker in Batavia, and Erin Brumfield Grima, Director of Behavioral Health at the Pioneer Center for Human Services in McHenry, joined Underwood to share resources to help Illinois families navigate the upcoming school year. They also provided strategies for protecting mental well-being and health.