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After Sugar Camp Mine Fire, Duckworth Stresses Importance of Regulating Toxic “Forever Chemicals” to Keep Communities Safe

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), founder and co-chair of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus and Chair of the Environment & Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife today highlighted how President Biden's Build Back Better Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, which includes Duckworth's bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA) and billions in water infrastructure funding that Duckworth helped secure, would help protect communi… Continue Reading

Duckworth Statement in Response to Republicans Blocking the Freedom to Vote Act

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the Freedom to Vote Act from moving forward: "Let's be clear: voting rights are under threat in states across our nation because Republicans would rather tie themselves to the Big Lie than work together to protect and expand the right of every American to vote. "The Freedom to Vote Act was an opportunity to give every American the confidence that they could cast their ballot without arbitrary… Continue Reading

Duckworth Statement in Response to Republicans Blocking the Freedom to Vote Act

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the Freedom to Vote Act from moving forward: "Let's be clear: voting rights are under threat in states across our nation because Republicans would rather tie themselves to the Big Lie than work together to protect and expand the right of every American to vote. "The Freedom to Vote Act was an opportunity to give every American the confidence that they could cast their ballot without arbitrary… Continue Reading

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Duckworth, Raimondo: Congress must back the president’s historic investment in home care workers

The COVID-19 crisis has killed more than 600,000 Americans. Perhaps most cruelly of all, elderly Americans and individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities-many of whom live in congregate settings such as nursing homes and intermediate care facilities-have often suffered the worst harms, both in terms of severe illness, and tragically, higher death rates. We must honor the memories of our lost loved ones by committing to the work of building a national capability of… Continue Reading

Duckworth updates Lake County municipal leaders on federal funds that may be headed their way

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth discussed ways in which President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion American Recovery Act can help Lake County municipal governments, and also explained earlier this month how the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will directly impact northern Illinois communities. Illinois is set to receive more than $13 billion in relief funding from the Biden plan, with Lake County municipalities being eligible to receive more than $87 million, she said. Duck… Continue Reading

Springfield & Peoria airports were awarded federal COVID-19 relief money. Here's how much

Springfield and Peoria airports both qualified for seven-figure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, both D-Ill., announced Tuesday that Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport (SPI) and General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) were awarded $1.4 million and nearly $4.4 million, respectively, by the FAA. The money is provided by the federal American Rescue Plan Act, a recent COVID-19 relief package that Illinois' s… Continue Reading

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