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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced $75 million in federal funding she secured to advance technology to fight the climate crisis in Plainfield, Illinois.

WASHINGTON – This Thursday, the House Veterans Affairs Committee will conduct a committee hearing to consider the Maternal Health for Veterans Act, the first Congressional hearing to consider legislation from the Momnibus Act in 2024.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that $12,662,536 in Community Project Funding that she previously secured for Illinois’s 14th District in the 2024 appropriations bills has been finalized. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in Illinois’ 14^th District.

WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) urgently called for investments in maternal health in response to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced her Honored Guest for President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7^th. Community leader, Co-Founder and Co-Host of the Earn Your Leisure (EYL) media network, Rashad Bilal, will join Underwood in Washington for the address.

MUNICH – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined a Congressional Delegation to Munich, Germany this weekend to convene with counterparts in the German Bundestag and participate in the 2024 Munich Security Conference. Over three days of bilateral meetings, panels, and discussions, Underwood emphasized the importance of America’s continued support for our allies and our commitment to global security and peace.

WASHINGTON— Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) introduced the Climate and Health Protection Act to strengthen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Climate and Health Program. The CDC’s Climate and Health Program has historically been the only federal program that directly funds the state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments on the front lines of addressing climate change.

WASHINGTON – Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act, legislation that addresses suicide among children and young adults by providing evidence-based training to current and future health care professionals. Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death for young people ages 10-24.