April 04, 2020
U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Gary Peters (D-MI) yesterday wrote to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence requesting President Trump direct the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to exercise its authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to improve the distribution of medical supplies to hospitals, frontline providers and first responders across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senators also called on Trump to direct FEMA to require priva… Continue Reading
April 03, 2020
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DC] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA),
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) in demanding an immediate
independent investigation into potential improper political interference in the
management of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). The senators’ letter
to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of
Inspector General (OIG) comes as a response to
reports
that the SNS website was altered to reflect controversi… Continue Reading
April 03, 2020
[SPRINGFIELD, IL] -
Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced
that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded the State of Illinois a total
of $1,623,200,130 in federal transit formula funding through the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The funding will
allow Illinois’s transit agencies to continue operations during the COVID-19
response ensuring transportation access to jobs, medical treatment, food, and
other essen… Continue Reading
February 26, 2020
(WSIL) -- Climate change can be a politically divisive issue.
On her website, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, D of Illinois, says climate change "poses grave national security, public health and economic threats" to the United States.
But Sen. Duckworth also sees opportunity. She thinks taking on climate change could boost the economy here in southern Illinois.
"Our universities - Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois - are all working on other alternative biofuels that are not o… Continue Reading
February 25, 2020
Six senators are demanding an investigation into how Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie handled a sexual assault reported by a veteran at a VA hospital last year.
Senators Patty Murray, Sherrod Brown, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, Bernie Sanders and Tammy Duckworth sent a letter to the VA Office of the Inspector General on Monday calling for the investigation into what they called "deeply concerning reports" that VA officials -- prompted by Wilkie -- "improperly sought … Continue Reading
February 25, 2020
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, said recently that the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force would have to wait their turn if they want their own version of the Army's futuristic helicopters being developed under the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort.
The Illinois Democrat and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee recently attended a high-profile flight demonstration of Sikorsky-Boeing's new SB-1 Defiant helicopter that was designed with… Continue Reading
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