Lauren Underwood
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
Illinois - District 14
Current Position: US House Representative IL-14
Running For: House Representative - District 14
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For increasing affordable housing and providing homebuying assistance
Business & Labor
- For the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to modernize temporary agricultural workers program
- For the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supporting job-creating projects
Health Care
- For affordable healthcare coverage through the Health Care Affordability Act, limiting Marketplace plan costs to 8.5% of income or less
- For capping insulin costs at $35/month for seniors on Medicare through the Lower Insulin Costs Now Act
- For addressing maternal mortality through the Protecting Moms Who Served Act and Momnibus Act of 2022
- For women's reproductive rights including access to safe, legal, and affordable abortions without restrictions
- For protecting nationwide access to contraception and fertility services like IVF, with affordable coverage by health plans
- For the Honoring Our Pact Act providing healthcare benefits for veterans
- For expanding veterans access to healthcare and mental health services
- For the Health Care Affordability Act limiting healthcare costs to 8.5% of income for Marketplace plans
Education
- For expanding school-based mental health care and securing increased funding for mental health services
Environment
- For achieving a 100% clean energy economy by 2050 and supported the Inflation Reduction Act climate investments
- For preventing federal agencies from censoring public information about climate change
Civil Rights
- Against criminalizing abortion providers and supports protecting healthcare providers from prosecution for providing reproductive care
- Against Donald Trump's Project 2025 agenda including nationwide abortion bans and restrictions on contraception
- For addressing veteran suicide crisis through the Veterans Care Quality Transparency Act
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who spent most of their lives in the United States
- For federal funding to secure the border
- For the American Dream and Promise Act to protect Dreamers, TPS holders, and DED holders
Public Safety
- For universal background checks for all gun sales through the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and Enhanced Background Checks Act
- For federal research funding into gun violence as a public health issue, securing $25 million for gun violence research