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Representative Lauren Underwood, a Democrat from Illinois and chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Health, Emergency Preparedness and Communications, arrives to a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, saying cases outside China have risen 13-fold. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Democratic congresswoman plans to visit graves and place flowers for constituents this Memorial Day

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 04: Illinois nominee for Congress Tammy Duckworth leaves the stage after speaking during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 4, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The DNC that will run through September 7, will nominate U.S. President Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Duckworth pushes fix for parents of babies born this year to get stimulus funds quicker

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar takes questions during a briefing with members of the president's Coronavirus Task Force in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2020. - The US on January 31 issued a rare federal quarantine order of 14 days for 195 Americans who were evacuated from the Chinese city at the center of a deadly global virus epidemic. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)