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WASHINGTON—Ahead of Memorial Day, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) bipartisan legislation to ensure high-quality mental health and suicide prevention care for veterans has passed the U.S House of Representatives unanimously. The Veterans' Care Quality Transparency Act would ensure both the VA and outside providers are offering veterans high-quality mental health and suicide prevention services.

WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) bipartisan legislation to strengthen child abuse protections passed the House of Representatives. Her legislation, which passed as part of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA), would help protect children adopted after being in homes with substance abuse issues by requiring research examining the association between parental substance abuse and its impacts on adoption outcomes.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's (IL-14) legislation that would help protect Americans with preexisting conditions passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation (H.R. 1010) would overturn an Administration rule that expands short-term, limited-duration insurance, commonly known as "junk plans."

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswomen Lauren Underwood (D-IL) delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives in memory of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund from Crystal Lake who was tragically killed in April. Last Friday, Underwood attended the visitation for AJ in Crystal Lake. In her speech, Underwood highlights the dire need to improve the foster care system and strengthen the policies that failed AJ and many children and foster youth who experience abuse. Underwood recently introduced an amendment to H.R.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) joined Representatives Cindy Axne (D-IA) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) and a bipartisan group of 34 members to urge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop issuing Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) for large or unqualified refiners under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Bill Foster (D-IL-11), Dan Lipinski (D-IL-3), Sean Casten (D-IL-6) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), wrote to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) this week requesting the agency immediately begin air quality monitoring at two facilities in Lake County, Illinois, to determine whether ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions exceed safe levels.

WEST CHICAGO— Following the seventh town hall, hosted in Will County, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she has hosted a town hall in each of the seven counties in the 14th District of Illinois, upholding her promise to represent her constituents in a transparent, accountable, and accessible way. In addition to seven town halls, Underwood has hosted 15 events and attended over 20 community events, bringing the Congresswoman to every corner of the district including constituent office hours, roundtable discussions, and meetings with community groups.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) responded to the Department of Justice's newly filed brief in Texas v. United States, in which the Administration asks the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down protections for people with preexisting conditions along with every protection and benefit of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As the Administration works to limit access to health care and protections under the ACA, Underwood continues to offer solutions to help improve the ACA and lower health care costs for the American people.