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116th Congress

March 25, 2019

WASHINGTON- Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today invited students from the 14th District to apply to the 2019 Congressional Art Competition. For over 30 years, the Congressional Art Competition has showcased the talented work of young students from across the country. Applications from interested students are due Monday, April 19.

March 25, 2019

WASHINGTON- U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, today pressed Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on the Department's failure to appropriately respond to borrowers who default on their student loans.

Issues:Education
March 22, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood of Illinois delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week's address, the Congresswoman highlighted Democrats' efforts to protect people with preexisting conditions and lower health care costs for hard-working families ahead of the 9th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law.

March 8, 2019

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement after an Illinois sheriff's deputy was killed in an act of gun violence.

March 8, 2019

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today announced the For the People Act (H.R. 1), legislation she co-sponsored in the House of Representatives, has passed. The historic legislation will end the culture of corruption in Washington, reduce the role of money in politics, and ensure voting is free, fair, and easy.

March 6, 2019

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on the Department's family separation practices. Today's hearing marked the first time Nielsen has testified before the Committee since the Administration instituted family separation at the border.

March 6, 2019
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Vice Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, will question Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on the Department’s policies.
March 4, 2019
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) today invited constituents of the 14th District of Illinois to apply to serve on her advisory councils.
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March 1, 2019
Today, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) honoring the victims and injured police officers of this month’s shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois, in which a gunman killed Russell Beyer, Vicente Juarez, Clayton “Clay” Parks, Josh Pinkard, and Trevor Wehner, and injured Aurora Police Officers Adam Miller, Marco Gomez, John Cebulski, James Zegar, Reynaldo Rivera, and Diego Avila. U.S. Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced a House companion resolution today.
February 27, 2019
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) made the following statement on the passage of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8), legislation she cosponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives. The passage came just eleven days after four of Underwood’s constituents and one other man were killed in an act of gun violence at Henry Pratt Co., a manufacturing business in Aurora, Illinois.