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U.S. Rep. Underwood mobile office hours coming to Gurnee library on ThursdayJun 16, 2019 4:15 PM - As part of U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's Mobile Office Hours program, members of the congresswoman's staff will be at the Warren Newport Public Library in Gurnee on Thursday to hear from her constituents.
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Sculpture by St. Charles special needs students on display at Lauren Underwood's office
May 29, 2019 2:40 PM - You can't walk into U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's West Chicago office without noticing the "Mr. Ms. fit" statue. The 6-foot creation of the kindergarten through 12th-grade special education students at Mades-Johnstone Center in St. Charles landed at Underwood's office after previous stops at the St. Charles Veterans Center and St. Charles Public Library.
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Editorial: What Lauren Underwood said, what she meant and why it doesn't matter
May 23, 2019 4:14 PM - What Lauren Underwood said on Wednesday and the firestorm it created is less about her and more about how we all talk to each other now, a Daily Herald editorial says. -
Underwood says border policies resulted in child deaths, draws rebuke
May 22, 2019 8:18 PM - A line of questioning of acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan by Rep. Lauren Underwood resulted in a rebuke by her fellow committee members Wednesday morning. Underwood questioned the secretary about family separation and the deaths of children in the agency's custody. Republicans slammed the remarks as inappropriately accusing the agency of "murder." Underwood says that was not what she said. -
Underwood gets to work on prescription drug cost relief
Apr 16, 2019 5:12 PM - Congresswoman Lauren Underwood told constituents at a forum in Warrenville Monday night that she needs more time than her first 100 days in office to craft solutions that will lower prescription drug prices, but it's one of her focus points. Underwood spoke about feeling a true sense of urgency to be productive despite any legislative obstacles. That said, "there's no magic bill." -
Suburban Democrats call for release of full Mueller report
Mar 24, 2019 8:47 PM - Suburban Democrats are calling for the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, but a Republican colleague said it's time to move forward. -
Underwood worries about debt as she considers universal healthcare
Feb 23, 2019 11:28 PM - Being careful with the federal government's pocketbook as she searches for the solutions her constituents elected her to find was a repeated theme last week at a town hall hosted by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. -
Oberweis eyeing 14th Congressional run against Underwood
Feb 20, 2019 9:13 AM - In the early stages of his political career, State Sen. Jim Oberweis caught heat for what some viewed as an insensitive ad about illegal immigration. Now, with him deciding to run again for the 14th Congressional District, Oberweis thinks he was simply ahead of his time. -
Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity
Jan 21, 2019 9:22 PM - On a day celebrating diversity on a national scale, a smaller group of students, activists and a congresswoman gathered in a Geneva church sanctuary to game plan ways to be deliberately inclusive in their everyday activities. For Lauren Underwood, the newly elected Democrat representing the 14th Congressional District, that means engaging constituents who've felt underrepresented and disconnected from the country they live in. -
'Unbought, unbossed' -- Underwood echoes legendary Chisholm, advocates bipartisanship
Jan 12, 2019 6:34 PM - Lauren Underwood, the newly sworn U.S. Representative for Illinois 14th district and the youngest black woman elected to Congress, echoed the words of the first black woman elected to Congress -- Shirley Chisholm, the celebrated, seven-term U.S. Representative from New York -- during a ceremonial swearing in Saturday at Underwood's alma mater, Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville.
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