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January 15, 2019
Press Release
As the 2019 tax-filing season opens this week, Reps. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Sean Casten (IL-6) today urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to address the disproportionate tax burden being placed upon Illinois families due to changes in the state and local tax deduction as passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
January 11, 2019
Press Release
Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of Agriculture and FDA appropriations bill to re-open this essential government agency to ensure the FDA and USDA can continue to inspect food and prevent public health epidemics, safeguard a strong, robust farmer safety net that provides certainty to our rural economy, and guarantee vulnerable Illinois families receive critical SNAP benefits.
January 11, 2019
Press Release
Today, Rep. Underwood joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bills to re-open these two essential government agencies to ensure air travel and highway transportation are safe for all Americans and stand up for the hard-working Illinois families who are at imminent risk of being evicted.
January 11, 2019
Press Release
Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) voted to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Interior and EPA appropriations bill to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to resume its critical activities in protecting clean air and clean water for Illinois families.
January 10, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Underwood delivered her first floor address to voice her support for House Democrats’ efforts to protect Illinoisans’ health care.
January 10, 2019
Press Release
Washington, DC – Today, Lauren Underwood (D-IL) was sworn into Congress to represent Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.
January 5, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined the new House Democratic majority in introducing H.R.