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US House, IL-14

Lauren Underwood

ON THE ISSUES

  • Introduced the Climate and Health Protection Act to strengthen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Climate and Health Program
  • Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant action Congress has ever taken to address climate change
  • Earned a stellar lifetime score of 99% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard

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WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

  • Toss-up race
  • Holding this seat in Illinois will help win a pro-environmental majority in the House, making it easier to pass climate legislation at the federal level
  • Re-electing Underwood will help maintain Black representation in Congress
  • Member of the House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

Representative Lauren Underwood is running for a fourth term to represent Illinois’s 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A registered nurse, she was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She helped communities across the country prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters, bioterror threats and public health emergencies, and helped implement the Affordable Care Act. Among her priorities are preventing future public health and environmental crises like Flint, Michigan, for which she worked on the response at HHS, and she cited clean water and climate change as top concerns in her district. 

In 2021 Underwood introduced the Climate and Health Protection Act to strengthen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Climate and Health Program. This program was established to help state and local governments prepare for the public health consequences of climate change by translating climate science for health professionals, developing decision support tools for local leaders, and providing grants and technical assistance for projects to improve preparation and resilience. Underwood has earned a stellar lifetime score of 99% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. Representative Underwood is endorsed by LCV Action Fund and NRDC Action Fund.

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