Lauren believes we must achieve a 100% clean energy economy by 2050.
Achieve a 100% clean energy economy by 2050.
Occurrences
Evidence
"Lauren believes we must achieve a 100% clean energy economy by 2050." The page also says she supported the Inflation Reduction Act and that it accelerates the transition to a clean energy economy.
The most recent votes listed on Underwood’s House page are dated 04/22/2026 and include H.R. 4690 and H.RES. 1182; the page shows no enactment or final federal action establishing a 100% clean-energy economy by 2050 during the lookback window.
Underwood announced FY2027 community project funding requests that include projects to make drinking water clean and safe and to improve public transit systems in northern Illinois.
Underwood's campaign climate page states that she believes the United States must reach a 100% clean energy economy by 2050 and cites her support for the Inflation Reduction Act as progress toward that goal.
Congress.gov lists Underwood as an original cosponsor of H.R.5221. The bill set a national goal of a 100% clean economy by no later than 2050 but remained at the introduced/referred stage.
The House Clerk's roll call for H.R.5376 shows the motion passed 220-207 and lists Rep. Underwood, Democrat of Illinois, voting Yea.
Congress.gov records H.R.5376 as Public Law 117-169 and summarizes clean-energy provisions including clean electricity production and investment tax credits, residential clean-energy credits, clean vehicle credits, and clean fuel incentives.
EPA's national inventory page reports U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions in 2022 were 6,343 million metric tons CO2e before land-sector sequestration and 5,489 million metric tons CO2e after sequestration.
Congress.gov lists Underwood as sponsor of H.R.1645, introduced February 27, 2025, to continue the CDC Climate and Health program; the bill's latest action was referral to House Energy and Commerce.
Assessments
The promised outcome is a 100% clean energy economy by 2050, which is a future national target and has not yet been achieved or finally enacted as a binding federal mandate. Underwood materially supported climate and clean-energy policy, including cosponsoring the 100% Clean Economy Act and voting for the Inflation Reduction Act, but those actions advanced the goal rather than delivering the full promised outcome. Because the 2050 deadline remains in the future, the promise is best treated as unresolved rather than failed.
The promised endpoint, a 100% clean energy economy by 2050, has not yet been achieved and the 2050 deadline remains in the future. Underwood has supported climate-related federal action, including the Inflation Reduction Act and district infrastructure funding, but the evidence does not show enactment of a binding federal outcome that fully delivers a 100% clean-energy economy. Because she is still in federal office and the promise is framed around a future national target, the proper status is unresolved rather than never or delivered.