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WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her fight to get funding for Illinois small businesses affected by the coronavirus by pushing for additional relief for organizations that support small businesses.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that Illinois will receive $108 million in emergency education funding for the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund. The funding has been made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Underwood strongly supported in Congress and was signed by the President on March 27.

WEST CHICAGO— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) invites residents and families in the 14^th District of Illinois to participate in "Thank Yous for Local Heroes," an opportunity to send digital notes, drawings, and photos for doctors, nurses, first responders, law enforcement, grocery store and drug store employees, transportation workers and janitorial staff, and other essential workers working to keep Illinois safe during the coronavirus outbreak.

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) supported new legislation to provide additional funding to small cities and localities across Illinois' 14^th District.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Democratic members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing strong concerns regarding the racial disparities that exist in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Illinois and across the nation. The members cited that while black residents make up nearly 15 percent of the state's total population, they account for 43 percent of all COVID-19 deaths.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that colleges and universities serving Illinois' 14^th District will receive over $45 million in emergency funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Underwood strongly supported in Congress and was signed by the President on March 27. The CARES Act provides $14 billion in emergency higher education relief to help students and institutions during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined Congressman Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), in a bipartisan letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushing for additional direct funding to small localities and cities in future coronavirus relief packages. Currently under the CARES Act, localities with populations under 500,000 are not eligible to receive direct resources from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The funding Underwood is advocating for would help several communities across northern Illinois including, DeKalb County, McHenry County, Plainfield, Crystal Lake, and St. Charles.