January 26, 2022
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today urged President Joe Biden to revive negotiations to extend our associations with the Republics of the Marshall Islands and Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia. In her letter, Duckworth stressed how extending our associations with these three nations can help benefit our security and economic interests in the criti… Continue Reading
January 24, 2022
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced federal support through the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to help spur economic development on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will receive $800,000 through FTA's Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to create an economic development plan for the 95th Street Corridor on Chicago's Far South Side.
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January 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and 13 of their Senate colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to express concern over reports of high denial rates for Afghans applying for humanitarian parole into the United States in the wake of the Taliban's takeover and the use of an unten… Continue Reading
December 21, 2021
Disabled travelers in the United States often face embarrassing security pat downs, damaged or even lost mobility devices. In July, there were 834 reported incidents of damaged wheelchairs or scooters- an average of 28 a day. For more about the challenges and needed response, Judy Woodruff talks to an Illinois Democrat, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who introduced legislation to hold airlines accountable.
Judy Woodruff:
These are just some of hundreds of stories that are almost exactly like what y… Continue Reading
December 02, 2021
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is recounting her experience with going back to work after suffering a miscarriage.
The Illinois senator, 53, appears on a new episode of PEOPLE's podcast Me Becoming Mom, where she sits down for a candid conversation about motherhood and shares what it was like for her to keep up with her full schedule as a senator after suffering a miscarriage.
Duckworth, who made history in 2018 as the first senator to give birth in office, tells host Zoë Ruderman, Head of Digital at PEOPLE, that she was "scheduled" and her "day was full" after she miscarried.
"I went to the doctor in the morning like I always did. And that whole afternoon I had back-to-back meetings and things that I had to go to. So there was no break," she explains.
"And I'm a public official, so I was going to ribbon cuttings and giving speeches and talking to folks and inspecting hospital and all of that," she adds. "So right back on my schedule."
Duckworth says even when she had her dilatio… Continue Reading
December 02, 2021
More than 31 years after Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 of Chicago's "L" stations still lack the elevators and other upgrades they need to be fully accessible.
Those aging stations could get upgraded sooner than expected, thanks to a provision pushed by U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth that was included in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill recently signed into law by President Joe Biden. The legislation sets aside $1.75 billion in grants for transit agencies t… Continue Reading
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