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WASHINGTON – House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (WA), and Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Chris Murphy (CT) released the following statement on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ending the collective bargaining agreement with tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Women’s Retirement Protection Act of 2025 (WRPA), legislation to help close the retirement gap and improve women’s financial security.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) appeared before the House Veterans Affairs Committee during a hearing on her legislation, the Copay Fairness for Veterans Act. This bill would make health care more affordable for veterans by eliminating copay requirements for preventive health services that are recommended by the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Job Protection Act, legislation designed to strengthen and expand Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) protections to tens of millions of workers nationwide.
WASHINGTON – Today, Members of the Illinois Democratic congressional delegation, Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Sean Casten (IL-06), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Bill Foster (IL-11), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia C.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she has been named Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security for the 119th Congress. Underwood remains the only Black woman to serve in the role in our nation’s history.
As a member of the subcommittee since 2021, and Acting Ranking Member since 2024, Underwood has made delivering federal resources that protect America’s national security a top priority.
WASHINGTON—Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement regarding the hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas:
“Today I join the many families across IL-14 and around the world in celebrating the ceasefire announcement and hope that it makes way for a permanent, lasting peace in Gaza.
WASHINGTON—Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Steve Womack (AR-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Dave Joyce (OH-14), are celebrating the passage of their legislation to strengthen oversight and accountability at the U.S. Department of Veterans of Affairs (VA). The bill, Underwood’s 19th piece of legislation to become law, was signed by President Biden on January 2, 2025.
WASHINGTON—Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement today, after President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law:
WASHINGTON –Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced legislation to provide tax relief to Illinois families unfairly hurt by changes to the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. The Republican tax law enacted in 2017 under the first Trump Administration disproportionately harmed northern Illinoisans by capping the SALT deduction at $10,000 preventing taxpayers from deducting the full amount of their state and local taxes, which include property taxes, on their federal tax returns.