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December 11, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), member of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee, announced that she has successfully helped secure critical investments in national defense as a conferee of the bipartisan, bicameral NDAA Conference.

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December 6, 2019
Today, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4), legislation cosponsored by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), passed the House of Representatives.
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December 5, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she invites residents and families in the 14th District of Illinois to participate in “Holiday Cards for Heroes,” an opportunity to send holiday cards to military servicemembers overseas.
Issues:Veterans
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December 4, 2019
Today in an Education and Labor Committee hearing, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) pressed immigration and health policy experts on the Administration’s policies that reduce access to essential vaccinations, increasing public health risks for American families.
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December 4, 2019
Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan TRACED Act supported by Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone (NJ-06), and Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee John Thune (R-SD). The TRACED Act is the result of several months of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate to help combat the robocall epidemic.
December 3, 2019
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined a Congressional Delegation for a six day trip to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Germany to receive national security briefings by generals in the United States Armed Forces and share the Thanksgiving holiday with servicemembers, including members of the Illinois Air National Guard.
Issues:Veterans
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November 26, 2019

WASHINGTON— Today, Chairman Bennie Thompson (MS-02) and Vice Chair Lauren Underwood (IL-14) of the House Homeland Security Committee sent letters to chief executives of Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn seeking answers from each company about their respective policies and processes available for users to report suspected misinformation and disinformation.

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November 25, 2019

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced support for the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 (H.R. 5221), legislation setting a nationwide goal of achieving a 100 percent clean energy economy by 2050, defined as net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of America's economy.

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November 22, 2019

WASHINGTON— This week, following a bipartisan letter Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address propane supply shortages, the FERC announced that farmers in the Midwest will receive temporary emergency shipments of propane.