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WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Lauren Underwood announced a new round of federal funding she has secured to support affordable housing across the 14^th District.

WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Lauren Underwood announced a new round of federal funding she has secured for health care organizations and university research in the 14^th District.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that she has been named Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Underwood is the first Black woman to serve in the role in our nation’s history.

WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Lauren Underwood announced a new round of federal funding she has secured support local businesses in Illinois’ 14^th District.

JOLIET — Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) joined more than 100 of her colleagues in a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur M. Jaddou, to raise concern over delays in processing renewal applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and call for the agency to begin providing automatic extensions for lawful recipients in the interim. 

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.