Lauren Underwood

This transparency is critical, that is why the information is required.

I am deeply concerned that now, in 2019, under your leadership, the Department appears to be rubber stamping States' applications for these waivers, and failing to be transparent.

FEMA did include climate change in its strategic plan over a number of years as a considerable threat to our country.

This topic is critically important to us in the Illinois 14th District. My community in northern Illinois is facing increasing threats dues to flooding along the Fox River in McHenry County.

I know that our committee is committed to making sure that they are no longer an afterthought moving forward.

Thank you for holding this really important hearing today and I would like to thank our panelists for being here and for your really comprehensive written testimony.

Like many of us, people in my community in Illinois have experienced surprise billing and I frequently hear from constituents about their struggles to afford health care even health care more broadly when I'm home.

I also want to acknowledge the hard work and leadership of Chairman Scott, Representative DeLauro, and committee staff on the issue of equal pay. This is a bipartisan bill with support from both parties. I encourage my colleagues on both…

From a medical perspective, if you wanted to purposely design a policy to be cruel to hurt children, you would design it to look a lot like this administration's family separation policy.

Tearing kids and their parents apart like this immoral--ma'am, it is un-American and it is just plain wrong.

Securing our chemical facilities is vital to our National security and to ensure that our communities remain safe.

The gender pay gap in my district is shockingly bad. For every dollar that men... women make 71 cents.

I am really encouraged by research showing that gradually raising the minimum wage can help reduce wage inequality and have a positive effect on women's economic security.

If you're working full time to support your family right now at the Federal minimum wage, you are making $15,080 a year. That is not a livable salary anywhere in America today.

The Sea Grant Program makes an enormous contribution not simply because of its applied research, but because of technology transfer and an excellent extension service. ... one would hope that eventually not that Sea Grant would reach that…

H.R. 182 would authorize a study to determine whether it would be appropriate to designate the Eightmile River in Connecticut as part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers program. The Eightmile has already been identified by the National Park…

I support H.R. 642, a noncontroversial bill, which would reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... H.R. 642 would provide a much-deserved increase in funding for this office. The bill…

S. 1910 is a noncontroversial bill introduced by Senator Moynihan, which passed the Senate in April of this year. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire full title to the Hunt House in Waterloo, New York, for…

This legislation directs the transfer of the Bureau of Reclamation water distribution system to the Clear Creek Community Services District in California. The transfer will be carried out pursuant to a cooperative agreement that has…

H.R. 2632 would designate approximately 9,200 acres of land in Alabama's Talladega National Forest. Dugger Mountain, with an elevation of 2,140 feet, is the second highest peak in Alabama and includes the popular Pinhoti National…

As a U.S. territory, American Samoa and its people deserve the same constitutional rights and privileges afforded to U.S. citizens, and although it may seem like this is an inherent right of U.S. nationals which remains unchallenged…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2370, the Guam Organic Act Amendments, is important and timely legislation for Guam. In a 1994 referendum, the voters decided to reduce the size of Guam's legislature from a 21 member body to 15 members. This law takes…

I understand further that the $84.5 million is not project-specific and that there may be an opportunity to review Guam's request for port projects. The additional funding in the operation and maintenance account will be used to address…

As my colleagues know, Guam suffered extensive damages due to Typhoon Paka last December. Due to Typhoon Paka the commercial port, which is the principal lifeline for all the residents of Guam, needs to be restored to its economic…

In section 5 of H.R. 2035 concerning the repair and refurbishment of vessels in U.S. shipyards, the Secretary of the Navy is compelled to require to the maximum extent possible as a condition of transfer of a vessel to a foreign country…