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May 13, 2020

WEST CHICAGO— Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) has launched the 14th District Senior Spotlight—a program to recognize graduating high school seniors who aren't able to have a traditional senior year and graduation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

May 10, 2020

GENEVA – Jamie Schumacher is safely back in Geneva these days, after nearly being stranded indefinitely in Haiti after that country being closed down March 19 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

She and her friend Susan Arch credited U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, for working with the State Department and Haitian officials to get her on a plane home by March 23.

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May 8, 2020

WEST CHICAGO— Yesterday, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) hosted a virtual civics class to provide a resource to educators and students learning and teaching remotely during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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May 8, 2020

WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Jason Crow (CO-06), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced new legislation to establish the "Health Force." The Health Force and Resilience Force Act would recruit, train, and employ Americans to expand our public health workforce to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen America's long-term public health infrastruc

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May 7, 2020

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee, led a virtual panel discussion on health care disparities during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Al Green (TX-09).

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May 7, 2020

WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led 33 members of the House of Representatives in an effort urging House leadership to include robust emergency funding for state and local public health departments in the next coronavirus relief package.

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May 6, 2020

WEST CHICAGO— Yesterday, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her work to support Illinois small businesses impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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May 1, 2020

WASHINGTON— Today, in a Committee on Education and Labor virtual forum, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) continued her fight to expand access to quality, affordable health care during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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April 30, 2020

WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that hospitals and health care providers across Illinois will receive more than $1.4 billion from initial Health Provider Relief Fund distributions to support their responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic.